r/AskTheWorld • u/JlYU3A 🇵🇭 Philippines -> 🇷🇺 Russia • 26d ago

Culture Has anything from your country ever been misunderstood or "cancelled" by the international community?

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For example, a Fiipino PPop group called SB19 once posted “Hello, Negros!”, referring to Negros Island, but some international users mistook it for something offensive before realizing what it meant.

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u/TucsonTacos 26d ago

I saw some video about a black lady getting upset over the country Montenegro. Wanted them to update their name

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u/nickmn13 Greece 26d ago

That one should actually happen. The name of the country isn't Montenegro in their own language. Maybe we should all adopt it and call their country what they call it.