resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGiorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricitywww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkGiorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricitywww.politico.euresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square48linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoNext thing you know, they are going to want English speakers to say Roma instead of Rome, Napoli instead of Naples, and so on.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMany countries do or did something like that already though? Like Peking -> Beijing, Ivory Coast -> Cote d’Ivore, Turkey -> Türkiye and so on.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt’s almost like they want everybody to use special pronouns for Italy.
minus-squareKnuschberkeks@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agooh my god, they want everyone to turn into my mother
Next thing you know, they are going to want English speakers to say Roma instead of Rome, Napoli instead of Naples, and so on.
Many countries do or did something like that already though? Like Peking -> Beijing, Ivory Coast -> Cote d’Ivore, Turkey -> Türkiye and so on.
It’s almost like they want everybody to use special pronouns for Italy.
oh my god, they want everyone to turn into my mother