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Turkey is getting a name change | Learn the English expression ‘turn the tables’
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Turkey - A Name That English Speakers Don't Understand
Turkey means something else in english. A turkey is an animal. And the turkey is not, shall we say, a prestigeous animal. It's neither smart, nor beautiful, nor endangered, nor even native to the country we are talking about. The similarity in pronunciation is just a coincidence. This irks turkey's president. He has a name that english speakers also struggle to pronounce. His race ti urduan decided to re brand the country internationally, from turkey to turke and spelled as they spell it in their own language. There is a bit of politics involved too. English speaking travellers may not be specifically dissuaded by the name turkey, but you can't deny that turke
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