Do you "correct" locals' pronunciations of their own cities?

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10 hours ago, captainmick said:

Actually there are 18 rivers traversing Lodz totalling 123.9 km and it was very much a city on the water until it developed and the rivers were buried underground.  Gradually some of the rivers are being uncovered.  This link provides more info 

https://www.inyourpocket.com/lodz/Rivers-of-Lodz_70954f#google_v

 

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On 5/7/2025 at 7:18 PM, vinapu said:

because we don't want to.

many names  are firmly entrenched in history and culture and such force probably wouldn't pork. Do you really want be forced to call Germany Deutschland ? or Hungary Magyarorszag? Tell Slovaks to switch to Venezia from Benatky or Hungarians to start calling Pozsony Bratislava and you looking at dark blue around your eyes 

The Flemish/Dutch name for the French city of Lille is Rijsel. The Belgian city of Mons is called Bergen, and the city of Tournai is called Doornik. In Flanders, they'll at least put the French names in parentheses, but not the names of the Belgian cities in French-speaking areas.

 

The only place one will find city names in both languages in Belgium is in Brussels proper:

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At least some cities are easy to guess, such as Moeskroen for Mouscron (a town in French-speaking Belgium), and Parijs for Paris (France).