Libertango - What's in a name?

From: minnehaha Date: May 7th, 2008 02:37 am (UTC) (Link)

I'll go read the Fallows article, but in general I think that countries should be called whatever the government in power -- no matter how odious they are -- wants them to be called.

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From: k6rfm Date: May 7th, 2008 06:10 am (UTC) (Link)

I dunno. I got a lot of sympathy for anybody clinging to "Russia", "Belarus", "The Ukraine", or "Georgia" instead of "Soviet Union".

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From: libertango Date: May 7th, 2008 10:03 am (UTC) Consistency (Link)

Those aren't terribly good examples, given the Soviet Union no longer exists.

Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Nippon-koku, and Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo are better examples.

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