Biggs_Pliff t1_j6ho1k9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:01 PM Reply to ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam 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
Biggs_Pliff t1_j6ho1k9 wrote
Reply to ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
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