Czech Republic Ltd

[Ke1t]

I just read that the Czech republic is seriously considering changing its name to Czechia for marketing purposes. Apparently it's going to be easier to label their shit if it has a snappier name.

 

The Czech Republic is poised to change its name to "Czechia" to make it easier for companies and sports teams to use it on products and clothing.

 

In the name of fuck

 

What a time to be alive... where countries see themselves primarily in terms of corporate identity.

 

If Scotland were to go down the route of total commercialisation, what name would you choose?

 

 

[The Oxford Don]

Cuntland.

 

Or maybe Land of Tards.

[dave_min]

The word "Zluty" in Cesky means "Yellow".

 

I learned that on a bus.

 

And surely a country would be a Public Limited Company?

[Poodler]

Oldfirmland

[Pudgie]

Stripes Republic Plc

[Chewie37]

I came to Czech this thread out and there's definitely not enough puns yet!

 

Probably use a different name for Scotland depending on who the target market is? I.e. In the US, it would be "Youre not from here you American fud" In Spain, "Sunburntgingerland" etc

[Dynamo]

Czech Republic trading as 'Czechia'.

 

[Dynamo]

I came to Czech this thread out and there's definitely not enough puns yet!

 

Puns aren't what this thread is olomouc.

Fucked if I brno.

PRAGUE!!!

[Robbie Winters]

Scotland = Scotch

[BrianFaePerth]

What happens the next time the krauts invade?

 

Czechia, a subsidiary of Deutschland plc?

[paddy]

wont it get confused with that Russian region named Chechnya?

[Dynamo]

wont it get confused with that Russian region named Chechnya?

 

 

The war in Grozny was my first war - that i can remember.

Watching the Russian tanks roll into town. Must have been around 1994. Fascinating stuff on cable tv back then.

[looksgoodinred]

and it's apparently a done deal.

Czechia it is.

 

As of this Monday, the Czech Republic has an official new English name: Czechia. Freshly registered with the U.N. on July 11, the name Czechia won’t entirely replace the old one, but will now be the go-to name for the country when promoting Czech sports, culture or tourism.

 

Whether Czechia will ever take off as a name remains to be seen. Sports teams, at least, have already switched over. Czech competitors at this year’s Rio Olympics will all wear Czechia shirts, which were apparently also introduced for soccer players in this year’s European cup and for May’s International Ice Hockey Championships.

 

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/07/czechia-name-czech-republic-english/491099/

[The Cockney Don]

Sounds too much like Chechnya.

[looksgoodinred]

Sounds too much like Chechnya.

 

indeed it does to me too. i'd have gone back to Bohemia as some suggested.

but it wasn't up to us.

[The Cockney Don]

[caledonia]

caledonia

[caledonia]

clydsdale sheep would be happy if it were called englands bitch

[Chewie37]

Czechia, Chechnya, you say potato, I say tattie

[caledonia]

I say spuds

[Chewie37]

You absolute tuber