We the peoples of the formerly well-known nations of Shqiperi, Al-Jaza-ir, Hayastan, Druk-yul, Zhongguo, Hrvatska, Kalaalit Nunaat, Misr, Eesti, Viti, Ellas, al'Urdan, Choson Minjujuui In'min Konghwaguk, Taehan-Min'guk, Dhivehi Jumhuriya, Pyidaungsu Myanma Naingngandaw, and Aotearoa would prefer not to get lost, actually, so no thanks.

You'd never get all our little marks right in your barbaric typefaces, so we're happy being known to you as Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bhutan, China, Croatia, Greenland, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Greece, Jordan, North Korea, South Korea, the Maldives, Myanmar, and New Zealand.

No non-racist, non-imperialist person would ever refer to the city I live in by anything other than its native name of "Yangma" -- or, if you absolutely must, the English translation of that name: "The Valley of the Smokes."

Of course, many people insist on using, not just the absurd name the conquistadores gave it, but a barbarous truncation thereof. This linguistic genocide must stop!

(This message is closed-smilied for the humor impared.)

-- Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.com