Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers

Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by wqaatwt on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:37AM (#45781951)

Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany.

Let’s not even mention Netherlands…

> but these folks should know better

I’m 100% sure they know and I assume it was a conscious decision.

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Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by dtagames on Saturday November 01, 2025 @02:38PM (#45784132)

Türkiye is the official name in English.

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Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by okeuro49 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:04PM (#45784362)

"Turkey" is what most English people would use, which makes it the defacto official name, despite what the UN might say.

Most English people aren't even able to type ü on a keyboard.

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Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by bookofjoe on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:05PM (#45784381)

>Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.

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Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by hollerith on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:08PM (#45784406)

Writers in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.

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Re:Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers by anigbrowl on Saturday November 01, 2025 @04:21PM (#45784976)

English doesn't have umlauts.

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