ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? Submitted by bentobam t3_10ohrv7 on January 29, 2023 at 8:33 PM in explainlikeimfive 88 comments 145
jdith123 t1_j6g0u80 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 1:47 AM There is no They making up languages. They didn’t come up with words for countries. They are not deciding how to spell words, or making up grammar rules. They is just the users of the language doing what they can to share meaning. Permalink 9
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