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Re: Liking German

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Sunday, September 30, 2001, 16:35
John Cowan wrote:
>Andreas Johansson scripsit: > > > Also, is "Czechia" or similar acceptable in English? I'm really tired of > > "Czech Republic" ... or should one perhaps start saying "Bohemia and > > Moravia"? :-) > >I think "Czechia" /tSEkiya/ would be understood, but it is certainly >not conventional. We also have the two distinct countries "Dominica" >and "the Dominican Republic".
I'll better start making it conventional then ... sigh. Where there an English name for the place before the creation of Czechoslovakia, or was it simply "Bohemia" (Moravia afterall being part of the Kingdom of Bohemia)? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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