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Thanks @Oli0li for noticing this 🙇🏼
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Not an language expert but isn't "Türkiye" the Turkish term whilst "Turkey" is the English term to refer to the country
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Not an language expert but isn't "Türkiye" the Turkish term whilst "Turkey" is the English term to refer to the country
I think it is true that the spelling "Turkey" is still the most widely used by English speakers because this change is recent, not everybody is aware of it, and the old spelling is still accepted by English-language dictionaries. But the government of Turkey/Türkiye specifically asked that the new spelling be used in English because they dislike the association of the old spelling with the animal and other negative meanings of the word "turkey". Here are some sources:
Article by The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/03/turkey-changes-name-to-turkiye-as-other-name-is-for-the-birds
More explanations with sources on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
UN website: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/turkiye
Merriam Webster dictionary referring to "Türkiye" as the official name: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turkey#geographicalDictionary
But as you can see, the Guardian, Wikipedia, dictionaries are still using the spelling "Turkey" even if they are aware/recognise that there is now a new official spelling for it.
The same holds true for Cape Verde/Cabo Verde. The government of Cabo Verde made an official request to the UN requesting that the country be now known as "Cabo Verde" across all languages:
Article about this in the Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/02/10/cape-verde-asks-world-call-cabo-verde/LoHX9VhfzljfmnrY9I8xeM/story.html
Merriam-Webster dictionary recognising "Cabo Verde" as a valid name: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabo%20verde
But still, many websites including the Boston Globe or Wikipedia are still using "Cape Verde" even though they are aware of the change.
So in the end this is a question about if we want Faker to display official names as recognised by the UN and requested by said countries, or if we're happy keeping it as names that are still commonly used even though they are not the official names. I had noticed the name of Swaziland, which is definitely not used anymore by news outlets, was outdated, and thought I would take this opportunity to bring up potential issues with names of any country that officially changed their name to check if these were worth changing too.
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Not an language expert but isn't "Türkiye" the Turkish term whilst "Turkey" is the English term to refer to the country
I think it is true that the spelling "Turkey" is still the most widely used by English speakers because this change is recent, not everybody is aware of it, and the old spelling is still accepted by English-language dictionaries. But the government of Turkey/Türkiye specifically asked that the new spelling be used in English because they dislike the association of the old spelling with the animal and other negative meanings of the word "turkey". Here are some sources:
Oh that is very interesting, I wonder how they'd treat the ü as it's not used in English word
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Oh that is very interesting, I wonder how they'd treat the ü as it's not used in English word
Yes, for sure, just using to the old spelling makes things easier in that regard! 😅
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