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Why do you think it's just them? We have stopped calling Birmania like that, same as Ceylon, or the Czech Republic. I'll keep using turkey out of habit but it'
by riffraff 2y ago
Why do you think it's just them? We have stopped calling Birmania like that, same as Ceylon, or the Czech Republic.
I'll keep using turkey out of habit but it's not like it's an uncommon occurrence for a country to ask that a different name be used.
- adamomada 2y agoFunny you mentioned the Czech Republic: there is a concerted effort by their hockey federation to be called Czechia and we’re getting blasted with it by Bell Media in Canada for the past few years
- filoleg 2y agoI wonder if this this region/language dependent. Because I remember that in russian, they’ve been called “Czechia” since at least when Czechoslovakia got broken up, but in english it still seems to be squarely referred to as “Czech Republic”.
- riffraff 2y agoit's definitely language dependent, we used to (mostly) call it "Repubblica Ceca" in Italian but have largely switched to "Cechia" now. Which is weird enough, since Italy is literally called "Repubblica Italiana" on our own passports, but we never call it that.