Thread:ARamirez 19/@comment-1618941-20120409023341/@comment-4537153-20120410000505

I'm going to keep changing it back to the proper noun of Jotun when is calls for it and here are two reasons why.

The term to describe what I am talking about is called Ethnonym which literally means: the name given to a given ethnic group such and can be divided into two categories: exonyms (where the name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms or endonyms (self-designation; where the name is created and used by the ethnic group itself). EX, the ethnonym for the ethnically dominant group in Germany is the Germans. This ethnonym is an exonym used by the English-speaking world, although the term itself is derived from Latin. Conversely, Germans themselves use the autonym of die Deutschen.

so Jotunheim = Jotuns

There is also the case for the word Demonym which is a name for a resident of a locality and is derived from the name of the particular locality. EX. people from Itlay are called Ilatians, people from Britain are called British, and in some cases the names don't match up since the people of the Netherlands are called Dutch.

So this means that the English language supports my claims in using Jotun for the people of Jotunheim. So I will always be chaning it back when it calls for it.