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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 months ago by Servais@discuss.tchncs.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Or English speakers calling München Munich.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

But you must admit, that for English speaker not only the Ü , but also the CH are really big challenges. I feel like they done their best with Munich here.

But anyways, I would be in favor of changing it for the original upper bavarian "MINGA"

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

The first record mentioning Munic says that it’s called “forum apud Munichen” (1158). So “Munich” is just a case where an old world survived the centuries in exile, while the people living nearby changed it around.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchen#Etymologie

[-] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Both have the same ‚distance‘ to Munichen albeit changing differently. The English pronunciation is an abomination though. Moon-Jen would be preferable from my POV.