Respect Countries Names

There are currently 196 countries in the world, but they have more than 196 names.

Different languages may have different names for the country. For example, England is called England in England, but is Angleterre in French, Inglatierra in Spanish, Anglicko in Hungarian, Tinglizt in Swahili, Lloegr in Welsh, Sasana in Irish and Whinging-Pom-land in Australian.

You would not do this to a person. If a bloke is called Rodney, you don't call him Dave.

The inhabitants of each country should decide on what they want the name of their country (and capital city) to be, and the rest of the world should respect this.

Benefits: More respect between countries – some current names are insulting to the country's citizens; less confusion in international business; no need to learn different names to describe where you come from when you travel.

Related Links:

http://geographybook.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/vratoyn/

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