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Nauru, the 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero
- andsoitis 2mo ago…aaaaand making it harder to pronounce correctly. What masterful branding.
- hinata08 2mo ago[dead]
- juiceland 2mo ago“Commonly known abroad by the pronunciation of Now-roo, the new name is spoken as Now-ero.”
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- peterashford 2mo agofortunately, it's not a consumer product
- KetoManx64 2mo agoI'm sure there are plenty of citizens of that country that would love to make themselves more marketable to the rest of the world so they can make more than the equivalent of $1/week and not have the corrupt government making it harder to do so.
- peterashford 2mo agoWhat makes you say their government is corrupt? And how do you imagine this change effecting their chances of employment? Capitalists thumbing through their list of Places to Exploit and they get to Naoero and exclaim "That's too hard to pronounce! I'll exploit people from N'Djamena instead"?
- KetoManx64 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Nauru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Nauru
- cyanydeez 2mo agoIsnt this the country billionaires want to buy so they can play pretend government
- peterashford 2mo agoYes. Not that it was ever up for sale, obviously
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoApropos of absolutely nothing, just going to leave this here: "My Favorite Vowel: OH NAUR Explained" https://youtu.be/z7DuvWVazpk?si=7vorJRk07wPnIe9- https://youtu.be/z7DuvWVazpk?si=7vorJRk07wPnIe9-