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To: marcusmaximus

I have to laugh. Turkey can push “Turkiye” all they want but everyone is still going to call it “Turkey.” “Turkia” might have worked but “Turkiye” is just too alien to English. Sorry about the connection with the bird.


8 posted on 09/11/2024 7:45:25 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
“Turkiye” is just too alien to English.

My spell checker flags "Turkiye"--and it's doing it on this post.

12 posted on 09/11/2024 7:51:53 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Petrosius

Especially since it has an Umlaut.


13 posted on 09/11/2024 7:56:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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