spellings in their respective languages for western locations
well yes but nobody in the western location cares how those are 'spelled' so to speak, just if the spoken word is understandable. its a function of anglo imperialism that countries can get referred to with poor transliterations in world-dominating english media so often they feel the need to correct english speakers through diplomatic channels instead of case-to-case, as any normal person would a traveler
That seems a little unreasonable. The Chinese, Sri Lankans, etc all have spellings in their respective languages for western locations
english speakers wanting to be able to refer to locations is not unreasonable
well yes but nobody in the western location cares how those are 'spelled' so to speak, just if the spoken word is understandable. its a function of anglo imperialism that countries can get referred to with poor transliterations in world-dominating english media so often they feel the need to correct english speakers through diplomatic channels instead of case-to-case, as any normal person would a traveler