Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi sitholephi amagama ethu kwamanye amazwe
U-Shakespeare wabhala ukuthi "i-rose ngegama elinye liyophunga njengamnandi," okufanelekile, kucabangela ukuthi ulimi abhale ngalo luyi-standard-bear of speech world. Ngempela, ukubheka amagama amazwe amaningi emhlabeni wonke, kubonakala sengathi akusizi ngalutho ukuthi lezi zindawo zinezindlela zabo zokuzichaza phambi kwababhali be-Anglo-Saxon.
Nakuba kungase kungangeni kumangazi ukuthi amagama amazwe emazweni asekude (naseduze) asempumalanga ahlaselwe amakhulu eminyaka, ezinye zezingeniso kulolu hlu zithinta kakhulu eduze nomuzi. Akungabazeki ukuthi abantu abaningi bazoke basebenzise amagama afanele wezindawo ezifana neChina noma iSweden, kodwa leli qiniso lizokwenza ukuthi i-cocktail party yakho ifake konke okuyingqayizivele.
01 ka 05
I-China
I-Shanghai ipholile nganoma yiliphi igama - "China" noma "Zhong Guo.". URobert Schrader I-China kwenye yezinkambiso ezindala kunazo zonke zomhlaba, futhi kubonakala kungavamile ukuthi indawo ebaluleke kakhulu ekukhona kwezwe lethu lamanje lizokuvumela sonke thina ukuba silibize igama elingalungile, ukungahambisani okungahambisani kwemibono ehlukile ngaphandle kwalokho.
Noma kunjalo igama lesiShayina leChina 中国 (zhong guo, elibizwa ngokuthi "jong gwo") linamanani alo kuphela amamaki alinganayo negama lethu iningi lethu elilibiza. Siyajabula ukuthi thina abakhulumi besiNgisi aside nokuqala ukwenza i-faux-pas yakhe: Ngokomlando, igama elithi "China" linemvelaphi yasendulo yasePheresiya naseSanskrit.
02 ka 05
EScotland
Siyakwamukela ku-Alba !. U-Oxyman nge-Wikimedia Commons Abantu bavame ukukhohlwa ukuthi empumalanga yayo, iScotland akuyona izwe elikhuluma isiNgisi, ngisho noma ungayinaki inkulumo ehlambalazayo yezimpawu. Ngempela, inkinga yeScotland yaqala ngaphambi kokuhlanganiswa kwayo e-United Kingdom, futhi ibaluleke kakhulu kunama-kilts kanye ne-haggis: Igama layo ngesiGelic, ulimi lwabantu basendulo ababehlala lapha, lithi "Alba."
Ngokuthakazelisayo, igama lesimanje "iScotland" alitholakali ezikhulwini zaseNgilandi ezagcina zizobusa iScotland, kodwa zisuka enkulumweni yesiLatin elithi "scoti," elihunyushwe ngokuqondile "Land of the Gaels." Ngakho-ke, uma iScotland ithatha isinqumo sokuba nomunye umvoti wokuzimela, ungabheja uzokwenza kanjalo usebenzisa igama layo lamanje.
03 ka 05
I-Egypt
"I-Misr" ayinayo indandatho efanayo nanjenge "IGibhithe". URobert Schrader NjengaseChina, i-Egypt yayisekhaya empucuko yasendulo eyashintsha inkambo yomlando. Ngokungafani neChina, nokho, iGibhithe laphinde lahlulwa izikhathi eziningi, kangangokuthi kuncane kangakanani uma kukhona abasindile emncintiswaneni wasendulo waseGibhithe okwamanje ebiza iGibithe ekhaya namuhla.
Ngempela, kuyilapho igama elisemthethweni lamanje laseGibhithe elingu- Al-Misr liwumkhiqizo weningi labantu abakhuluma isi-Arabhu manje elilawula leli zwe, igama elithi "iGibhithe" linomsuka wesigodi nesiGreki esiphakathi. U-Al-Misr naye usiza ukuchaza ikhodi yezinhlamvu ezimbili zeGibhithe, i-flag's carrier carrier, okuyi-"MS."
04 ka 05
Georgia
Igama langempela laseGeorgia lihlukanisa le ndawo yase-US, noma kunjalo. URobert Schrader Ukwandisa ukuthambekela kwezikhulumi zesiNgisi ukuzwa ukuthi umbono wabo wezwe kuphela, iRiphablikhi yaseGeorgia iphinde idideke abantu baseMelika abazimele, abanenkinga yokucabanga indawo ebizwa ngokuthi "iGeorgia" engavumelani nemithi ye-peach, iCoca Cola kanye no-1996 Imidlalo yama-Olympic.
Ngibonga ngabo, igama lesiGeorgia iGeorgia - leli zwe, lokhu - yi "Sakartvelo," nakuba igama elithi "Georgia" libhalwa ngokusemthethweni ngumthethosisekelo, kuqinisa ukudideka komhlaba wonke. Ngokuzayo uma uzithola ucela "isimo noma izwe?" lapho iGeorgia ivela enkulumweni, thola induduzo yokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi awenawo owodwa!
05 ka 05
Sweden
Kuyinto enhle ukuthi igama elithi "Sweden" alilona igama elilimini lwesiSwidi. URobert Schrader Uma ngabe ubuke ama-Muppets (futhi abani?), Kunzima ukuhlanganisa izwe laseSweden nompheki waseSweden ngisho noma, emuva emuva, akukho lutho olucacile isiSweden mayelana naye uma ususa inyama yakhe yokudla nokugcizelela kwakhe ukuthi ungumSwidi.
Ngempela, njengoba ekhangayo ngendlela ethi igama elithi "Sweden" lizwakala, akuyona ngempela igama ngolimi lwesiSwidi (okuyinto empeleni eyaziwa ngokuthi "svenska.") Uma ufuna ukuchaza izwe laseSweden ngenkathi ukhuluma Sweden ... Ngisho, Svenska, kuzodingeka uthi "Sverige," okubizwa ngokuthi "sve-ree-ga." (Ukungasho lutho ngama-meatballs aseSweden abapheki abapheki, bengazivumeli izinhlanzi zesiSwidi noma enye into emangalisayo abantu abavela kulo mkhakha wezwe bakhiqiza.)