minus-squareEchofox@lemmy.catoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump given power to rename Greenland 'Red, White and Blueland' under new bill tabled by RepublicanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoThey care about money. If they don’t go alone with it they probably get fined. So yeah, I think they will. And it’s not uncommon. Lots of countries don’t call other countries by their names. Japan is Nihon. China is Zhōngguó. Germany is Deutschland. But those are for historical reasons, changing it specifically to be different is nuts. linkfedilink
They care about money. If they don’t go alone with it they probably get fined. So yeah, I think they will.
And it’s not uncommon. Lots of countries don’t call other countries by their names. Japan is Nihon. China is Zhōngguó. Germany is Deutschland.
But those are for historical reasons, changing it specifically to be different is nuts.