Tony Sidaway wrote: <snip>
I do sometimes wonder where the process of abandonment of English proper names of places will lead us, but no doubt in time we would all become accustomed to referring to Cymru,
Wales
Alba,
Erm...
Euskal Herria,
Erm...
Deutschland,
Germany
España,
Spain
Confoederatio Helvetica,
Switzerland?
Österreich,
Austria
and all the rest--and some of us may even understand which country we're talking about.
And the rest can just smile and nod, and read the article while nobody's looking! Perfect! :)