New Countries

New Countries

We Need A New Rule

I Can't Remember All of Them

It's tough enough trying to stay current with technology as it changes every day.  But I am finding that it is also difficult to stay current with changing countries.  Sometimes I will be in a conversation with some one and a particular country pops up in the conversation and I will think to myself, "Why didn't I learn about this country when I was in school?"  And then it dawns on me that this country did not exist when I was in high school 50 years ago.


So we need a new rule:  when a country changes its name, it has to go by both names for 50 years so that we can all understand the conversation.

Here are a few that really throw me off when I get in a conversation with a history buff or a geography buff:

• Burma
• Yugoslavia
• Czechsolovakia
• Ceylon
• Rhodesia
• West Pakistan
• East Pakistan
• USSR
• Zaire
• Yugoslavia
• British Hondorus