Czech Republic, seeking a snappier name, considers a change(nytimes.com)
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Czech Republic, seeking a snappier name, considers a change
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/world/europe/czech-republic-seeking-a-snappier-nameconsiders-a-change.html
6 comments
I think the current name is superior to all of the choices proposed.
They should consider a snappier flag as they were kind of lazy with it.
Their flag is awesome. It's a fractal.
I disagree. It's simple, but the triangle is fairly unique.
Not really unique. Simplest of the flags with a triangle, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_style_of_...
OK, not unique in the world, and I know some people think "unique" should be an absolute like "pregnant" – you can't be "fairly pregnant" – but it is much less common compared to vertical or horizontal stripes. And it is unique in Europe according to that list and my memory.
Would it be pronounced Check-ia/ʧɛkiə or more like Sheck-ia/ʃɛkiə? The second is much easier for me to pronounce, personally, though if they removed the ending dipthong in favor of just ə they both roll off the tongue.
The article says "CHECK-ia".
If they do this, Czechia will be forever confused with Chechnya.
In Poland we sometimes call them Pepiks - quite snappy (although the chechs might not like it :p)
Yes, but that is denotation of inhabitants, the same way Pšonci is for Poles :)
That's what we call it in Russian - Чехия