On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 05:02:35PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/05/2009 08:44 AM, consultores1 wrote: > > [snip] > >>
[snip]
>
> There may be different names for countries: Germany is called
> 'Deutschland' in German, 'Germany' in English, 'Allemagne' in French,
> 'Tyskland' in Danish, 'Germania' in Italian (although the inhabitants
> are called 'tedeschi'), 'Niemcy' in Polish, Německo in Czech, just to
> pick a few from the countries around us.
>
> Just imagine if there was a referendum and the German people decided,
> that in order to stop this confusion, their state should internationally
> be known as 'United states of Europe'. Very fortunately, no one in
> Germany would be so arrogant as to suggest such a thing.
>
you mean like
Constantinople => Istanbul
peking => beijing
bombay => mumbai
Southern Rhodesia => Zimbabwe
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