[~]
The question is about world capitals that already exist, it is not about predicting the future.
~
It’s just an opinion question, so answers to it are not dependent upon my perspective. Thank you, though. I had not considered that it seems to be a specific or concrete answer.
~
“I wonder how long I'll wonder about this now.
:P“
Yes, I guess it’s yet another way I’ve kept you from being able to get a good night’s sleep.
(Wait, that didn’t come out the way I meant for it to. Grrrrrrr.)
~
I feel more comfortable envisioning you in the way I alluded to previously.
Being stuck in traffic isn’t sexy enough.
~
Because it’s asking for what one thinks as opposed to what one can investigate or verify to be 100% accurate. In order to answer a question like this with absolute certainty, it would take research, analysis, delving into statistics about the 198 countries that exist today plus the countries that used to exist, plus the names of capital cities that have changed over time. Additionally, all the world‘s languages contribute to the given names and the surnames that have existed throughout history.
It’s highly unlikely that anyone around here knows ALL of that information off the top of his or her head, and knowing this group of members, even iif someone responded as such, others might challenge the answers by stating they’re incorrect in some ways. One source of information could be limited to a certain time period or certain languages or certain parts of the world or be outdated, for example, and other members might say, “What about this . . . ?” or “You’re excluding this . . . “
Of the answers so far, things like that have already begun to happen, see for yourself.
None of that is what I sought when posting the question, so I framed it specifically in a way that avoids the necessity of trying to get an exact or nearly exact answer; just a wild guess like I put in the parameter.
~
Sigh. Once again, I am asking for opinions, not for records or what can be gleaned from records. I gave you a detailed and precise explanation of that in response to the exact question that you asked, and apparently you ignored it completely, and now you present an argument that the exact opposite of what I meant is what you think you mean. I will reiterate and expand, but it might not mean much to you: I am not stating that an exact answer does not exist, I am saying that I just wanted to know what members guess or surmise.
Listen, if you want to post your own question on the same or similar subject matter in the way that you think is better than mine, please do so. Nothing stops you from topping me on this.
“. . . just take a wild guess . . .”
That’s how.
~