/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Why don't Japanese people call Japan, Japan?

[Anonymous No.]

Because Japan.

[Anonymous No.]

Why do Mexicans call Mexico, "Mehico"?

[Anonymous No.]

racist elitism.

[Anonymous No.]

Why don't Americans call the USA, "Eine Nation voller fetter und feiger Pfeifen", like we Germans do?

It's a mystery.

[Anonymous No.]

Why don't American people call America, fat piece of shit like everyone else?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6797518
>>6797508
Why doesn't the rest of the world call itself "jelly" like America does?

[Anonymous No.]

Because that's not what their damn county's name is. Why can't each country call other countries what that countries' name is? I realize it might be vaguely difficult in countries whose languages include things like glottal stops and such but in a world where we have the internet, hipsters, women, hippies, and leftards, why has no one suggested we call it fucking Nippon or whatever?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6797598

Japan has shifted to calling themselves Nihon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6797634

Well I wasn't sure. Honestly this is not a board I come to or an interest I share. I just saw the headline on the front page and popped into the thread because I've always been curious/upset about this phenomena. So thanks for the clarification.

Why Nihon instead of Nippon now if you know? I guess I can see why maybe each countries calls other countries what they please since you can never keep track of all the shifting around like Japan apparently is doing. Like Myanmar-Burma etc. We (by which I mean fat filthy Americans) could stand to give established countries who are currently our allies the benefit of having their own name such as Germany, Japan, and etc.

[Nadie No.]

Why Persians call Persia, Iran?

[Anonymous No.]

I dunno, why do we call Deutschland Germany?

[Anonymous No.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798041
Deutschland, Germany, Alemania, Saksa, Niemcy, Vācija

What the fuck happened here?

[Anonymous No.]

How would you write Germany's name though? Doytshlund?

[Anonymous No.]

It's only england who really call other countries how they want to I think. Also please donate money for my doubles

[Anonymous No.]

Why do Americans call Box-e Turn-es "Cars"?
Why do Americans call Rotty Tooty Point and Shooties "Firearms"?
Why do Americans call Cold on the Cob "Popsicles"?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798184
Where do you get this idea that British people give things stupid names

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798191
its from /v/

[Anonymous No.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym

I feel sorry for kids taking Geography classes who now have to memorize how to spell Côte d'Ivoire instead of just fucking Ivory Coast.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798191
Ignorant amerifat spotted
I bet you call Eggy and li'l soldiers "Eggs on toast"

[Anonymous No.]

japan is a name we gave them. They actually call it (nipon/nihon) and call themselves (nihonjin / niponese) its like how we call germany germany instead of deutchland

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798235
>Niponese
Jap here. No, we don't call ourselves nipponese. That's a play on words that mixed Japanese and Nippon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6797688
>Why Nihon instead of Nippon now if you know?

Nihon and Nippon are the same word, romanized differently.

[Anonymous No.]

I call the cold cud.
I say cud instead of could.
didny stead of didn't.
arse
shite
Awbdi stead of everybody

[Anonymous No.]

>Deutschland

How to you pronounce that? I've been pronouncing that as "Douche"land.

[Anonymous No.]

あああ　日本人＝niponese for easier explanation.　They call themselves a whole load of things but it wont make much sense unless you understand their Kanji and mythology Amatsu etc etc. I think we call them Japanese because of Marco Polo. He wrote about Zipangu and when it got translated it came out to something like juhpein so the Europeans have been using that ever since. btw nihon means sun origin so thats where the land of the rising sun and stuff came from

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798305

>Zipangu

Sounds similar to the title of that one show which was like a Japanese version of The Final Countdown.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798273
I pronounce it ドイツ.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6798091
There's a wikipedia article for that

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Names_of_Germany