On 11/13/05, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
To me, the name of Burma is Myanmar; the natural name of Zaire is the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and so on and so forth.
No one uses Zaire though. it wasn't a massively popular name when the country was called Zaire
And yes, the Ivory Coast is properly Côte d'Ivoire. Yes, the French beat the British in naming a country. GET OVER IT.
It's proper name is of no imporance. That isn't what the MOS says.
-- geni