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The things you learn watching TV news
Heard just a minute ago on CTV Northern Ontario: There's a team in the World Jr. Hockey Championship from the country of Czeckia. It even beat Canada yesterday.
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The CIA's World Factbook says that The Czech Republic =16pxadded the short-form name Czechia in 2016.
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Okay, I embarrasedly admit that I have been put in my place. I did not know that the Czech Republic now goes by Czechia.
I should have checked myself (no pun intended), but it sounded so bizarre and like a young anchor or reporter making such gaffes that are so often the topic of SOWNY posts.
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It still sounds lame. I won't accept it. Like leaving one space after a period.
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Don't feel bad RB - I also briefly questioned where the heck "Czechia" was when I first heard the score. But then I realized it was an old country with a new name. I learn a lot from this board so anything like this only makes me a bit smarter. Although God knows I've got a very long way to go!
The Czechia is in the mail.