Kiribati
it is correctly pronounced as Keeh-ree-bahs
Baghdad
is correctly pronounced as Bag-daddy
>Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati
wut
>>69862935
That spelling surprised me, for we call and write it "Kiribasu"(in jap signs).
>>69863033
you also call Germany "Doitsu" (Deutsch), you call it as in their native language
Louisville in America
is correctly pronounced as Loo-wee-vil
>>69863033
The original 東京 is Hanoi, Vietnam
Bangkok
has a longer name, it's Bang Makok
>>69863100
yeah, that cunt has lots of names, so we have no way but to do that.
Paraguay is "Paraguai" btw.
thread apparently isn't even interesting
might as well go to sleep
>>69863207
I didn't know that. Jap 東京 has been 東京 just since 19th century.
>>69863422
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkin
This is why Fookien Chinese refers to Tokyo as "Tokkya" while the Tonkin is "Tongking". Mandarin variant sometimes calls Tokyo in its Edo name "Jinghu", instead of "Dongjing"