[Ads-l] Turkey is now "T ürkiye"

[Stanton McCandlish]

"New"?  I'm in my 50s. I collected stamps as a child, and the ones from
Turkey said "Türkiye" on them.  I think "Türkiye" is just "Turkey" in
Turkish and has been the whole time.  Do you mean that there's pressure on
Western media to now spell it this way (like Bombay becoming Mumbai, and
Peking becoming Beijing)?

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On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 6:45 AM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Turkey has a new name "TüTrkiye" which unfortunately uses a special
> symbol.  The US should that the ü  be keptep it u . For keyboard
> friendliness and clarify pronunciation.
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> Pronunciations for Turkey ~Terkee in truespel that I hear on youtube are
> at keast four:
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> Hear me say these at https://lnkd.in/eQFvzvM2
> 1 ~Tookeeyu (stress is 1st syllable) (ending ~u is" uh")
> 2 ~Terqkeeyu (rq = flapped r)
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> 3 ~Terkkeeyu (stress comes after double consonant kk)
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> 4 ~Tuerkeeyye (~ue as in "true")
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> Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work
> SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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