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Mar 2022
9m 59s

Confusing Country Names

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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Subscribe to the podcast!  https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Countries, like people, have names. Sometimes those names are long and they have a shorter version of it for common use.  There are some countries, however, that often have multiple names, and the names can be radically different from each other. They might want everyone to call it by o ... Show More
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