whoa, im uneducated on this

[Colt45]

uh. i'll set it up like this

greece is hellas
russia is rossiya
japan is nippon
germany is deutschland
[...] etc etc,
in the local tongue.


wtf is china called in the various languages spoken there?

 

[Eli]

*chinese-language noises*

😛

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Colt45
uh. i'll set it up like this

greece is hellas
russia is rossiya
japan is nippon
germany is deutschland
[...] etc etc,
in the local tongue.


wtf is china called in the various languages spoken there?

I think its pronounced Walmart in Wally's world.

 

[DurocShark]

In Socialist China, the country pronounces you! 😉

The Taiwanese I knew just called it China. Never heard anything else.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Colt45
uh. i'll set it up like this

greece is hellas
russia is rossiya
japan is nippon
germany is deutschland
[...] etc etc,
in the local tongue.


wtf is china called in the various languages spoken there?

conventional long form: People's Republic of China
conventional short form: China
local short form: Zhong Guo
abbreviation: PRC
local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo

 

[LS20]

home 😀

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: Colt45
uh. i'll set it up like this

greece is hellas
russia is rossiya
japan is nippon
germany is deutschland
[...] etc etc,
in the local tongue.


wtf is china called in the various languages spoken there?

conventional long form: People's Republic of China
conventional short form: China
local short form: Zhong Guo
abbreviation: PRC
local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo

He got it. Directly translated, it means "The Middle Country", but its more or less like saying the U.S. is the "United States" - the actual definition is generally not acknowledged.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: Colt45
uh. i'll set it up like this

greece is hellas
russia is rossiya
japan is nippon
germany is deutschland
[...] etc etc,
in the local tongue.


wtf is china called in the various languages spoken there?

conventional long form: People's Republic of China
conventional short form: China
local short form: Zhong Guo
abbreviation: PRC
local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo

He got it. Directly translated, it means "The Middle Country", but its more or less like saying the U.S. is the "United States" - the actual definition is generally not acknowledged.

Well, I got that information from CIA World Fact Book.