I am going to Hellas, anybody coming with me?

I would not be surprised if one of these days the following scenario comes true.

What does “Grease” mean in English? The answer is “a thick oily substance, especially used as a lubricant”

And what is the name of the country neighboring Turkey in the Mediterranean? The answer is “Greece”

The 3rd question is;  “Is there any difference between the pronunciation of these 2 words?” The answer is; “NO”, not at all, exactly the same.

Therefore when I say I am going to Greece, someone could think “What the hell is this guy going to do “in that thick oily substance / lubricant?” (Could he really? Well, of course no!)

So, having noticed this “very important / vital” situation, I think Greece might soon decide to declare that its name in the English language should be referred to as “Hellas” (or Ellada) from this time on – meaning if you go to that country one of these days you will have to say “I’m going to Hellas”, and you may have to explain the situation to your friend to make him understand the situation. 🙂

Well, this is certainly an analogy only, just to put many people in the picture that the effort to change Turkey’s name into Türkiye (which you don’t even have all the letters in your alphabet) simply because it reminds the “bird” is truly an unnecessary effort (could it have to do a little with complex, maybe?) and it will not work in the end (except for official / formal correspondence / communiation etc.) in spoken language in particular, as we’ll most likely see.

Actually, the same situation could apply to India (remember American Indians) and even “GERM/any) and there are even more similar cases we could talk about 🙂

Only thinking … 🙂 🙂