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India's government replaces 'India' with ancient name 'Bharat' in dinner invitation to G20 guests (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, I don't mind calling Germany Deutschland when I'm over there to be respectful, and if a German gave me an invitation written 'Deutschland' I wouldn't think much of it, except as a bit of native speak.

Sanskrit is not quite the national language though, like Latin to Europe.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is a good opportunity to mention a pet-peeve of mine:

The various term variations "Germany" derive from the name Germanic tribes.
The various term variations "Alemania" derive from the name Alemanic tribes.
The various term variations "Deutsch" or "Teutsch" do not derrive from the name Teutonic tribes.

This last one is an etymological false friend. "Deutsch" derives from thiutisk (þeudisk) and in the Western Franconian and Germanic tongues it meant "our people". It's derived from the Indo-European term thiuda (Þiuda).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You know, comments like this are why I loved reddit in its prime. It hasn't really been like that for years so I'm thrilled to see it here on Lemmy.

More random tidbits on niche topics in the comments of somewhat related posts, please!