Belarus or White Russia? - Which term do you use?

[Rumpel]

Belarus or White Russia?

How the country's name is dividing Europe

Belarus or "White Russia"? How the country's name is dividing Europe | Euronews

 

[Rumpel]

I prefer "White Russia" - and in German: "Weißrussland".

 

[Rumpel]

Saying "Belarus" has become fashionable somehow.

 

[Rumpel]

Never heard of White Russia?

 

[Patriotic Voter]

Saying "Belarus" has become fashionable somehow.

Belarus is the nation's name. If its name was ever White Russia, everyone would always call it that.

 

[Rumpel]

If its name was ever White Russia, everyone would always call it that.

Sorry, but there is no logic in your sentence.
What you say, is just not the case.

 

[Rumpel]

Belarus is the nation's name. If its name was ever White Russia, everyone would always call it that.

Hungary is Magyarország in the Hungarian language.

And where outside Hungary is it called that way?
There is no law that a country must be called by other countries the same as it calls itself.

 

[beefheart]

I prefer to call it Nancy.

 

[Rumpel]

Italy is called Italia in the Italian language.
Just another of many other examples.

 

[Rumpel]

"Deutschland" is Germany in English und Allemagne in French. Just 2 examples.

It is an error to think that countries are called by the same name all over the world.

 

[Patriotic Voter]

Sorry, but there is no logic in your sentence. What you say, is just not the case.

Have you ever seen a map that identifies the land area north of Ukraine "White Russia" instead of Belarus?

 

[Rumpel]

Have you ever seen a map that identifies the land area north of Ukraine "White Russia" instead of Belarus?

Yes, I have.

 

[Fledermaus]

Saying "Belarus" has become fashionable somehow.

Because that is its name.

 

[Fledermaus]

I prefer to call it Nancy.

Not Shirley?

 

[Rumpel]

Have you ever seen a map that identifies the land area north of Ukraine "White Russia" instead of Belarus?

And a question for you:

Have you read and understood my arguments?

 

[Fledermaus]

And a question for you:

Have you read and understood my arguments?

You do hate it when people disagree with you.

What does to UN call it?

What does the Belarus government call itself?

 

[Drawdown]

White Russia because it will be Russia's again. It is the next Ukraine.

 

[Rexedgar]

Not Shirley?

“........don’t call me Shirley!”

 

[Noodlegawd]

A better question is whether we should ever translate the name of a country into our own language.

If not, then we should be calling it Belarus. And then we should be calling Germany "Deutschland," Poland "Polska," and Japan "Nippon."

 

[Rexedgar]

Wie alt ist das OP?








How old is the OP?

 

[Rumpel]

A better question is whether we should ever translate the name of a country into our own language.

So it is common usage all over the world.
I have given examples in this thread.

Just one more:
How do you call Norge and Sverige in your own language?

 

[Luce]

I call it Putin's next speed bump.

 

[Fledermaus]

So it is common usage all over the world.
I have given examples in this thread.

Just one more:
How do you call Norge and Sverige in your own language?

What does BELARUS call Belarus?

 

[Rexedgar]

Not a fan of some of the OP’s threads, But this is a topic I have questioned, having been fortunate enough to travel a bunch. Some of the names i have wondered about:

Donau/Danube
Kobenhavn/Copenhagen
Schweiz/Switzerland
Ostereich/Austria
Wien/Vienna


There are many more, but these are the ones I come up with on short notice.

 

[Rumpel]

I call it Putin's next speed bump.

You think that funny?
You think you are terribly clever?
Your posting is silly and off topic and beside the point here.