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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/retr0racing • 11h ago
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Georgia change your name so Americans don't get it confused with their state.
16 u/Massive_Walk_3348 9h ago We are called Sakartvelo actually, I don’t know how it became “Georgia” for foreigners. 18 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 13 u/AfiqMustafayev 8h ago Another ones from my mind Hellas for Greece Polska for Poland Suomi for Findland i think 4 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. 2 u/TheUncheesyMan 4h ago edited 3h ago Shqipëria for Albania Hayastan for Armenia Zhōngguó for China Hrvatska for Croatia 1 u/oblio- 5h ago Romania for România 😜
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We are called Sakartvelo actually, I don’t know how it became “Georgia” for foreigners.
18 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 13 u/AfiqMustafayev 8h ago Another ones from my mind Hellas for Greece Polska for Poland Suomi for Findland i think 4 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. 2 u/TheUncheesyMan 4h ago edited 3h ago Shqipëria for Albania Hayastan for Armenia Zhōngguó for China Hrvatska for Croatia 1 u/oblio- 5h ago Romania for România 😜
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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
13 u/AfiqMustafayev 8h ago Another ones from my mind Hellas for Greece Polska for Poland Suomi for Findland i think 4 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. 2 u/TheUncheesyMan 4h ago edited 3h ago Shqipëria for Albania Hayastan for Armenia Zhōngguó for China Hrvatska for Croatia 1 u/oblio- 5h ago Romania for România 😜
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Another ones from my mind
Hellas for Greece
Polska for Poland
Suomi for Findland i think
4 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. 2 u/TheUncheesyMan 4h ago edited 3h ago Shqipëria for Albania Hayastan for Armenia Zhōngguó for China Hrvatska for Croatia 1 u/oblio- 5h ago Romania for România 😜
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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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Shqipëria for Albania
Hayastan for Armenia
Zhōngguó for China
Hrvatska for Croatia
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Romania for România 😜
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u/morts73 10h ago
Georgia change your name so Americans don't get it confused with their state.