Republic of Moldova

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Tue Oct 21 12:19:20 CEST 2008


On 21 Oct 2008, at 11:36, Doug Ewell wrote:

> (Surely I can't be the only one who bristles upon hearing that Seoul  
> is the capital of "Korea.")

I can't say it bothers me. But then I live in a country whose capital  
is Dublin, but whose formal name is not "Republic of" which evidently  
chafes for some folks.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com



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