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Some polyglot stand-up comedy looking at the reasons for the name change from Turkey to Türkiye. How are English speakers even supposed to say, or indeed type, the new name. Was there really any confusion between the county of Turkey and the birds called turkeys? What about languages other than English? Which other countries now need to change their names?
00:00 Have you heard about Turkey?
00:16 Pronouncing Türkiye
00:27 Comparing the French 'U'
00:56 Air umlauts
01:23 Letter to the UN
03:11 Is it a bird?
03:59 How did turkeys get named after Turkey
04:30 New England 1620
06:14 Languages that call turkeys after India
06:52 Let's rename India
07:21 Let's just call the birds something else
07:38 German turkeys are interesting in French and Spanish
07:59 Mixing up countries with things
08:41 It's easier in some languages than others
09:17 Turkey, eh?
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