DrPop,

I work for the federal government and had a coworker get incredulous I over the phone because she didn’t believe Georgia was a country. She eventually quit before she was fired but people get real ignorant when it comes to things outside of their immediate sphere.

I still remember when Russia invades Georgia was a headline and how confused Americans where.

tygerprints,

Well there IS a country in Europe called Georgia, located in Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region. In America the people of Georgia ACT like it's its own country, but it ain't. But then again people here in Utah act like our state is actually the whole world, so......

MBM,

Georgia is a state. A sovereign state

Mango,

Yeah, all the other “countries” use the term “state” when referring to them in English. The US is the only place that has a ‘federal’ level ‘above’ states. If you’re on Lemmy, you should have some idea of what federation means. This should all put in perspective what the original idea of the United States was and how much control each level was intended to have.

This also makes it all the more hilarious and stupid how Texans wanna call themselves a country. They don’t even know the words they’re using.

ThoranTW,

Yeah, something tells me the US ain’t the only place that has a federal level above states.

Mango,

Yeah that figures. I don’t think they use the word country though.

onion,

Fyi everything green on the following world map is a federation:

…wikimedia.org/…/Map_of_unitary_and_federal_state…

Mango,

Nice!

Kefass,

Pluto is a planet

RIP_Cheems,
@RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

But why not :(

Poem_for_your_sprog,

What’s the actual name of Georgia the country? Like how we call Turkiye Turkey, or Nippon Japan.

faceless,
@faceless@lemmy.world avatar

sakartwelo

grue,

საქართველო, apparently

andrew_bidlaw,

Sakartvelo if romanized. There is a page about them all.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Georgia

Zagorath,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

Fwiw the word you were looking for was “endonym”, as opposed to the exonym of Georgia.

MeatsOfRage,

Ray Charles: It’s on my mind

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

I didn’t realize Europeans were so pro-Georgian independence

grue,

Well, of course. There hasn’t been a legitimate question on that point since 1991.

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Oh this was satirical, I meant the US state

grue,

But I don’t wanna secede, though! : (

(I’m in GA, US.)

robocall,
@robocall@lemmy.world avatar

Por que no los dos?

manucode,

Only English, Spanish or Italian speaking Europeans

Annoyed_Crabby, (edited )

Israel: Palestine isn’t a country.

US: it’s a village in Ohio.

Edit

Marvel: Batman is a hero.

Turkiye: It’s a city.

Edit2: i can’t believe no one caught my mistake of saying marvel instead of DC. Imma leave it there.

SaltyIceteaMaker,
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