Agreed. I had the same thoughts while listening to it, and was specifically waiting to hear him say Trump.
Not sure about the country names though - in fact I doubt that. I remember in French class way back in high school that Germany was Allemagne. That stuck with me because it sounds nothing like Germany. For that matter it is Deutschland in actual German. I saw a comment on here yesterday similarly talking about place pronunciations and they brought up Napoli vs. Naples. They are closer but may sound different with a Korean accent.
As for the music - they missed the opportunity for K-pop.
It sounds like he mentioned China in the beginning.
Word for China in Korean sounds very close to the Mandarin word for China.
Also France and Germany have a totally different historical relationship than others because the Francs were a German tribe that ended up taking over France (hence the name France). So it makes sense their names are different, just like it makes sense name for China (middle kingdom) and surrounding Asian countries is different from Western countries (named after Qin, China pronounced same).
Korea or China has no historical relationship with Ukraine, Israel, or Palestine so I don't expect the name to change much from western version. Maybe Russia since they've been in Asia so long.
Agreed. I had the same thoughts while listening to it, and was specifically waiting to hear him say Trump.
Not sure about the country names though - in fact I doubt that. I remember in French class way back in high school that Germany was Allemagne. That stuck with me because it sounds nothing like Germany. For that matter it is Deutschland in actual German. I saw a comment on here yesterday similarly talking about place pronunciations and they brought up Napoli vs. Naples. They are closer but may sound different with a Korean accent.
As for the music - they missed the opportunity for K-pop.
It sounds like he mentioned China in the beginning.
Word for China in Korean sounds very close to the Mandarin word for China.
Also France and Germany have a totally different historical relationship than others because the Francs were a German tribe that ended up taking over France (hence the name France). So it makes sense their names are different, just like it makes sense name for China (middle kingdom) and surrounding Asian countries is different from Western countries (named after Qin, China pronounced same).
Korea or China has no historical relationship with Ukraine, Israel, or Palestine so I don't expect the name to change much from western version. Maybe Russia since they've been in Asia so long.