Africa or Afrika?

[Eol Sha]

because C's aren't normal within native African languages.

Are letters normal with native African languages?

How do you mean? There are hundreds of vastly different African cultures and languages. "Normal" isn't really something that can be considered since there's no base "African" culture.

[Merala]

Its like calling Congo "Zaire" all over again.

well no it isn't

changing the name of a country is nothing like insisting on a new spelling of an old name.

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Good lord. Even spelling must be politically correct now.

Political correctness: the hallmark of a bored Left without any real convictions. Look at how they have been treating the working class they were supposed to represent.

This is nothing but a senseless crusade, not even the African Union insists on changing the name.

[Eol Sha]

well no it isn't

changing the name of a country is nothing like insisting on a new spelling of an old name.

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Political correctness: the hallmark of a bored Left without any real convictions. Look at how they have been treating the working class they were supposed to represent.

This is nothing but a senseless crusade, not even the African Union insists on changing the name.

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

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This is nothing but a senseless crusade, not even the African Union insists on changing the name.

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

To be fair they try, but at this point they are even more powerless than the league of nations.

[Eol Sha]

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

To be fair they try, but at this point they are even more powerless than the league of nations.

Well, I don't know about that. At least the AU tries to intervene in certain places that are experiencing crises. Did the League really do that more than once or twice?

[Zoice]

The letter 'C' should be abolished, it is useless. This topic is weird, though. Who the hell cares? Do people genuinely feel oppressed by the use of a European consonant in a European language?

[MERIZoC]

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

To be fair they try, but at this point they are even more powerless than the league of nations.

Not powerless, just unwilling to address genuine issues.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

The letter 'C' should be abolished, it is useless. This topic is weird, though. Who the hell cares? Do people genuinely feel oppressed by the use of a European consonant in a European language?

So how would one say can with c?

[Zoice]

The letter 'C' should be abolished, it is useless. This topic is weird, though. Who the hell cares? Do people genuinely feel oppressed by the use of a European consonant in a European language?

So how would one say can with c?

A 'k'. I don't like a letter that is so versatile and arbitrary in what sound it represents.

[Ashmoria]

well no it isn't

changing the name of a country is nothing like insisting on a new spelling of an old name.

See

Political correctness: the hallmark of a bored Left without any real convictions. Look at how they have been treating the working class they were supposed to represent.

This is nothing but a senseless crusade, not even the African Union insists on changing the name.

of course. its stupid. but it is nothing like the congo/zaire thing.

[Major-Tom]

Nobody with an IQ of above 45 gives a damn.

[Merala]

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This is nothing but a senseless crusade, not even the African Union insists on changing the name.

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

I don't think they really care about this, they have more important concerns rather than correcting people in how to call their continent.

Please don't tell me that now we have to call Asia something else because every language has a distinct word for Asia or we should call America something else for the same reason.

If that's the case, then we should try to bring up long-gone words for Europe to take in consideration how the non-Roman Europeans (filthy imperialist word) named their continent.

[Eol Sha]

I wouldn't really consider the African Union representative of Africa or Africans.

I don't think they really care about this, they have more important concerns rather than correcting people in how to call their continent.

Please don't tell me that now we have to call Asia something else because every language has a distinct word for Asia or we should call America something else for the same reason.

If that's the case, then we should try to bring up long-gone words for Europe to take in consideration how the non-Roman Europeans (filthy imperialist word) named their continent.

Don't get it twisted. This whole topic is idiotic. I'm just saying that the AU isn't what I'd consider the representative of Africa or Africans.

[Major-Tom]

The letter 'C' should be abolished, it is useless. This topic is weird, though. Who the hell cares? Do people genuinely feel oppressed by the use of a European consonant in a European language?

Why bother abolishing letters within our own language, that's just nonsensical.

Plus, your nation name has a C, I just find that ironic.

[The Liberated Territories]

[ˈæfɹɪkə]

[The Wolven League]

When I hear "Afrika", as in the "k" version, I immediately think of "Afrika Korps".

I'd rather not think of a Nazi military group when I think of Africa. Regardless of my respect for Rommel.

Besides, as "Afrika Korps" implies, many European languages use "Afrika" as well. As the OP pointed out.

[Novus America]

I don't think they really care about this, they have more important concerns rather than correcting people in how to call their continent.

Please don't tell me that now we have to call Asia something else because every language has a distinct word for Asia or we should call America something else for the same reason.

If that's the case, then we should try to bring up long-gone words for Europe to take in consideration how the non-Roman Europeans (filthy imperialist word) named their continent.

Don't get it twisted. This whole topic is idiotic. I'm just saying that the AU isn't what I'd consider the representative of Africa or Africans.

The AU is basically a support club for brutal dictators and/or kleptocrats.

[Cetacea]

Af-rui-ka, the womb of Egypt?

or is it Ifirica the place of the Ifir people?

[The Alexanderians]

Good lord. Even spelling must be politically correct now.

I'm fully of the opinion that if zombies existed we'd have zombie rights activists, with "zeds" and zombie being taboo words. I expect PC to run wild at this point.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Good lord. Even spelling must be politically correct now.

I'm fully of the opinion that if zombies existed we'd have zombie rights activists, with "zeds" and zombie being taboo words. I expect PC to run wild at this point.

You're free to do what you want, so are the people who hate what you do.

[South Asia Minor]

Regardless of the fact that Afrika is evocative of the overtly racist Boer institutions of apartheid South Africa, the whole concept of Africa/Afrika is 'racist', given that it's the name of one small tribe that Europeans decided to apply to the entire continent.

Africa is an official and practical term and not worth debating.

[Valystria]

To free Africa from white-supremacy, we must refer to the continent exclusively by the German and Dutch name, Afrika.

Social justice marches on.

[Zoice]

The letter 'C' should be abolished, it is useless. This topic is weird, though. Who the hell cares? Do people genuinely feel oppressed by the use of a European consonant in a European language?

Why bother abolishing letters within our own language, that's just nonsensical.

Plus, your nation name has a C, I just find that ironic.

My hypokrisy has no bounds.

[Vonnt]

Why on earth does it matter which spelling a person chooses to use? Like, seriously.

[South Asia Minor]

Why on earth does it matter which spelling a person chooses to use? Like, seriously.

Spoiler alert: white people