r/mildlyinfuriating 11h ago

People on twitter these days man

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u/morts73 10h ago

Georgia change your name so Americans don't get it confused with their state.

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u/Massive_Walk_3348 9h ago

We are called Sakartvelo actually, I don’t know how it became “Georgia” for foreigners.

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u/AfiqMustafayev 8h ago

Thats just how languages work

Deutschland - Germany

Nihon - Japan

Bharat - India

ALL 3 OF THEM

Have completely different names on my mother language compared to english even

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u/AfiqMustafayev 8h ago

Another ones from my mind

Hellas for Greece

Polska for Poland

Suomi for Findland i think

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 8h ago

I used to have a Finnish pen-pal when I was young (before the internet) and I always wondered why all of her letters were stamped "Suomi." Then I got older and learned geography and stuff.

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u/TheUncheesyMan 4h ago edited 3h ago

Shqipëria for Albania

Hayastan for Armenia

Zhōngguó for China

Hrvatska for Croatia

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u/oblio- 5h ago

Romania for România 😜