By comparison, the name "Japan" probably comes from the Classical Malay "Jepang"

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Dec 15, 2024
7:29:30pm

Courtimedes Playmaker

Itself a borrowing of the Chinese pronunciation of those characters (which Japan borrowed from China)- Cipangu.

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Courtimedes

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Why do they call it Nippon instead, of you know, Japan?

TNT

7:08pm

Well...

IGlowInTheDark

7:11pm

That seems rude. Couldn't you have just answered the question?

TNT

7:11pm

RE: That seems rude. Couldn't you have just answered the question?

IGlowInTheDark

7:12pm

Holy neck tattoo

TNT

7:13pm

Neck beard > neck tattoo

spoxjox

7:13pm

RE: Holy neck tattoo

IGlowInTheDark

7:19pm

Holy schnikes

TNT

7:20pm

RE: Holy schnikes

IGlowInTheDark

7:21pm

Now you are invading TNT's safe space

TNT

7:22pm

RE: Now you are invading TNT's safe space

IGlowInTheDark

7:22pm

I've never understood why we call any country something different than what they

fattycoug

7:15pm

Now he is just confused

TNT

7:15pm

Because everyone would just be called "people", like the Deutsch.

spoxjox

7:16pm

Pennsylvania Deutsch?

Courtimedes

7:18pm

Oh, the "Live by the Hill's Forest Folks".

spoxjox

7:22pm

The people at Ellis island ask the where they were from they said Deutschland sound like Dutch land hence they were Dutc

BYU Grounds

7:47pm

An example to test my understanding of the concept: if we did that, how would “France” be pronounced? Like we do or

hamaca

7:45pm

I would expect a transliteration into English. So basically just a name that’s

zuko

7:59pm

RE: Why do they call it Nippon instead, of you know, Japan?

Rules For Thee

7:17pm

That looks like a picture of TNT's dresser and a tripod

TNT

7:18pm

Sorry, no dresser or tripod involved, though it was a nice thought.

Rules For Thee

7:23pm

Huh. Very interesting

TNT

7:23pm

By comparison, the name "Japan" probably comes from the Classical Malay "Jepang"

Courtimedes

7:29pm

We call it Japan because

Repete397

7:27pm

"We?"

TNT

7:29pm

Everyone who got it from the English who got it from the Portuguese

Courtimedes

7:31pm

English speakers- and most Western Europeans use some variation of Japan

Repete397

7:34pm

Japan is called 日本 in modern Mandarin, romanized as Rìběn in pinyin. Not sure if

Japan Coug

7:33pm

So my old binoculars which say, Made in Occupied Japan, should have said...

Les IsMore

8:03pm

Reported for foreign language use

machete

7:47pm

It's best to report it to "el jefe"

Rules For Thee

7:59pm

That's why it's called "the land of the rising sun". The name literally means "sun's origin".

durandal

8:22pm

A better question is why we call it “Japan” instead of “Nihon” or “Nippon”

Japan Coug

7:29pm

Valid point

TNT

7:29pm

See my answer above

Repete397

7:31pm

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