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Nauru officially changes name to Naoero (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Not a single mention in that article of how to pronounce it.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Certainly one of the changes of all time

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    [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Just who do they think they are Trkyie? Tiurkii… Nevermind, I give up ;-)

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    [–] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Sthjskj changes its name to Spoipf

    Edit: omg I didn't read the article like an ass and assumed it was software

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    [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Does it change the pronunciation?

    I always heard it as na-roo.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I did too. I forget the other recent example I came across, but it always impresses me how incorrectly people just adopt a blatantly bastardised version of a name (people in general, not just Aussies, English-speakers, ... )

    Wikipedia has not changed their article name (same with Türkiye) but it has pronunciation guides. I think it's like "Naw-eh-roo" with a rolled r, but that's just me trying to decode IPA.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    with a rolled r

    If you're being super strict, that's technically what /r/ means. But in practice, it tends to just get used to mean "your rhotic consonant". That's why you'll note the same symbol is used for that part of the word in both English pronunciations and the Nauruan* pronunciation.

    * do we need to update the spelling of the demonym?

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