Mark Gallagher wrote:
G'day Tony,
What is the name of that country in the middle of Europe, famous for its sausages and beer? Deutschland or Germany? How about the big one on the bottom left, Sandwiched between France and North Africa? Spain or España? Is it The Netherland or Nederland, Italy or Italia, Japan or Nihon, Sweden or Sverige?
Nederland, of course. (Dutch grandparents, eh?). But why don't we just call it "Holland"? More English speakers do than not, after all.
And I note that [[Burma]] redirects to [[Myanmar]]. Now, where *I* come from, we called it "Burma" and were bloody proud of the fact[0]; what's the deal, people? We're not letting Johnny Foreigner dictate to us proud English-speakers, are we?
Oh bloody hell, I'm moving [[Zimbabwe]] to [[Rhodesia]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] to [[Zaire]], and [[Australia]] to [[New Holland]].