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-square145fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down15
arrow-up161arrow-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-square145fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhich is basically never used, everyone just says germany.
minus-squarebleepbloopbleep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt is used in Germany though lol
minus-squareNightDice@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat depends, in Germany, the federal republic part is fairly regularly used in news when talking about international affairs, basically using it so they don’t have to say Germany as often.
minus-squareEchoCT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI thought us Americans had egos, but I’m not going to tell people they’re referencing their own countries by the wrong name.
Which is basically never used, everyone just says germany.
It is used in Germany though lol
That depends, in Germany, the federal republic part is fairly regularly used in news when talking about international affairs, basically using it so they don’t have to say Germany as often.
I thought us Americans had egos, but I’m not going to tell people they’re referencing their own countries by the wrong name.