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
Biggs_Pliff t1_j6ho1k9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:01 PM Phonetics, at least in Ireland the names of places and people in English are just phonetic gibberish that sounds broadly like the Irish words which actually mean something Permalink 1
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