geni wrote:
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.
Better rename all the articles on French towns, people and business in France then, too.