Interesting Links for 13-07-2016

[nwhyte]

Country of Pils, Jagr and Havel Finally Shortens Unwieldy Name
It's Czechia!
(tags: czechrepublic )

How the Clinton America sees isn't the Clinton colleagues know
One of Ezra Klein's brilliant pieces.
(tags: uspolitics )

UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Brexit funding fears
Confirmed now.
(tags: ukpolitics eu research )

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Comments

[resonant]

I wonder how long it will take for spellczechers to accept the new name?

[kalimac]

Czechia: I hadn't known what the Spanish term for that country was, but now that I do, I agree that "Czechia" is the appropriate English one

[matgb]

A thought finally occurs to me. "Check-ee-ah" or "che-chee-ah"?

(and I bet the Head Of Leisure in my old job still refers to all our/their Czech visitors as Czechoslovaks, he was still doing it in 2006 when I left)

Czechia

[pr1ss]

Super excited about Czechia! It's what I've been saying that they should have been called all along.