ISO name change for Türkiye

Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by biztos on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:16PM (#32074450)

I have heard the people of Myanmar referred to as “Myanese” many times, in English, in Thailand. Enough that I might guess it’ll establish itself, like Czech people being “from Czech” did in much of Europe (in English).

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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by kenneth on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:36PM (#32076638)

Czech people are usually referred in English as being from Czechia (if you don't wanna use the unwieldy Czech Republic)

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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by biztos on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:15PM (#32077501)

Yeah, that’s what one might expect, given than “Czechia” is pretty close to some historical words for the area.

But it has not been my experience at all that Czechia was the “usual” word, at least among English speakers in Europe. Nor do I personally find it any less unwieldy than “Czech Republic” but that’s my bias.

Assuming you also speak from experience, is there any easy way to verify this?

I don’t mean the official name, I mean what people actually say in English when referring to the country a Czech comes from.

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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by thaumasiotes on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @03:22AM (#32079870)

I have no experience of what English speakers say in Europe. My only option to refer to the country is "the Czech Republic", but the one Czech guy I've met did ask that people refer to the country as "Czech".

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