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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 251127, member: 2844"]I think all languages are good at that, it may have something to do with interpreting old manuscripts. Once a mistake was made, in say 1000 AD, it was repeated in other documents. </p><p>Or they just couldn't pronounce the original name. Let's face it, the way the Swedish pronounce Sverige is near impossible for non-Scandinavians. </p><p>Finland is the Swedish name for Suomi, after a local tribe called the Finns. Finland was Swedish for a long time.</p><p>I never understood why the Dutch name 'Nederland', singular, is plural in so many languages. The Netherlands, for instance. It is very nice as a historical reference: 'the low countries by the sea', but it is half a sentence when you want to write or say it. My niece just called it Leddele when she was little.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And then there is America. A beautiful name, but the man's name was Amerigo Vespucci. I suppose Vespuccia or Vespucciania were too difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 251127, member: 2844"]I think all languages are good at that, it may have something to do with interpreting old manuscripts. Once a mistake was made, in say 1000 AD, it was repeated in other documents. Or they just couldn't pronounce the original name. Let's face it, the way the Swedish pronounce Sverige is near impossible for non-Scandinavians. Finland is the Swedish name for Suomi, after a local tribe called the Finns. Finland was Swedish for a long time. I never understood why the Dutch name 'Nederland', singular, is plural in so many languages. The Netherlands, for instance. It is very nice as a historical reference: 'the low countries by the sea', but it is half a sentence when you want to write or say it. My niece just called it Leddele when she was little.:) And then there is America. A beautiful name, but the man's name was Amerigo Vespucci. I suppose Vespuccia or Vespucciania were too difficult.[/QUOTE]
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