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| The Czech Republic is getting a new name: Czechia |
| 2016-04-16 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] Politicians in the Czech Republic are set to put decades of debate to an end this week by officially announcing a new name for the country: Czechia. That's Czech for "Betty." In a meeting with news hounds this week, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said he supported the move, suggesting that foreigners often mangled his country’s name when he met them abroad. "It is not good if a country does not have clearly defined symbols or if it even does not clearly say what its name is," Zaoralek said, according to the Czech News Agency. When the decision does go through, Czechia will officially become the conventional short-form name for the country, while the Czech Republic will remain the conventional long-form name. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 It almost sounds like the little green plant present you hear about every Christmas....seems a poor fit for it's history? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-04-16 12:11 |
| #6 Elbonia was already taken. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-04-16 11:22 |
| #5 #1 My thought exactly. Don't think I'd want to be associated in anyway with that place. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-04-16 09:08 |
| #4 Undialyzed dude of Bohemia, I wonder what cured your uremia? [loooooooooong pause] Well, whether 'twas celery, Or maybe the Keller, ye Piss like the Lion of Nemea! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-04-16 08:39 |
| #3 Bow-he-me-ya |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-04-16 07:24 |
| #2 It's pronounced Che_hi_ya |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-16 04:18 |
| #1 Sounds too much like another Country you would not want to tour. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-04-16 01:10 |