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Why do we have our own words to name countries

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EvianBaby | 08:43 Thu 01st Sep 2011 | Phrases & Sayings
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I may end up feeling really dumb for asking this but why do we have our own spellings and pronounciation for other countries? Why don't we just call them what they call themselves?

For example, we say Sweden whereas the Swedish call it Sverige. Why don't we also call it Sverige?
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Regarding the comment on using the same names as people in other countries, the example given being 'Johan', in Sweden it would be pronounced 'Yohan' where most English speakers would pronounce that name as 'Johan' with a 'J'.
03:47 Fri 09th Sep 2011
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What about the planet? We call it Earth, but there must be dozens of names - anyone bored enough to list a few?
03:55 Fri 09th Sep 2011

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