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To: Telepathic Intruder

I didn’t know where the name Iran came from. I knew it used to be called Persia but didn’t know where Iran came from.

I also don’t know why Peking became Beijing, or why Bombay became Mumbai, or why Siam became Thailand.


20 posted on 03/19/2015 9:39:10 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Burma, Rhodesia... country names often change as regimes change. I have no idea where “Zimbabwe” comes from. Don’t care either.


25 posted on 03/19/2015 9:49:15 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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