Angel Jamie@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoI actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down14
arrow-up135arrow-down1imageI actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it.lemmy.mlAngel Jamie@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareGranixo@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea entered the chat
minus-squareGimly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA country with republic and/or democratic in its official name is usually neither.
minus-squaredirkgentle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMost republics afaik have “Republic” in their name. I don’t think that’s the problem.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agothey don’t tend to actually use that name, no one says “the republic of finland”
minus-squaregredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal republic of Germany)
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhich is basically never used, everyone just says germany.
minus-squarebleepbloopbleep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt is used in Germany though lol
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A country with republic and/or democratic in its official name is usually neither.
Most republics afaik have “Republic” in their name. I don’t think that’s the problem.
they don’t tend to actually use that name, no one says “the republic of finland”
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal republic of Germany)
Which is basically never used, everyone just says germany.
It is used in Germany though lol