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22. They will get sued by half the restaurants in London if they go through with it.

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 04:50 AM

Sep 2023

Somebody had better give the yellow pages a heads-up, too.

Come to think of it, do you people back in the States even still HAVE yellow pages?

Not only that, think of all the confused kids that will now be playing cowboys and Bharatis.

And then there will be all those Caribbean Islands now in the West Bharatis.

I think I'm going to look into a label-making start-up. Someone is going to make a fortune off of this.

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India to be renamed Bharat? [View all] IcyPeas Sep 2023 OP

I guess they can call themselves whatever they want, but India is the English language name. tritsofme Sep 2023 #1

Many countries have had their official names changed in recent history. honest.abe Sep 2023 #3

The Netherlands was never really called "Holland" brooklynite Sep 2023 #6

It was officially for short time but unofficially for a long time honest.abe Sep 2023 #7

And Turkey is now Turiye. brush Sep 2023 #9

The United States changed to Dumbfuckistan, but only from 2016-2020 maxrandb Sep 2023 #12

+1 honest.abe Sep 2023 #14

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Sep 2023 #21

Dah winnah! raccoon Sep 2023 #23

Istanbul was Constantinople Tommy Carcetti Sep 2023 #19

Oh no!!! Earworm 🎵 🎶 IcyPeas Sep 2023 #20

but we rightly refer to Myanmar rather than Burma Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #4

I like the name. alittlelark Sep 2023 #2

They've been renaming cities, states, and major districts for decades since independence from Brits hlthe2b Sep 2023 #5

I still live in a place called New England. boston bean Sep 2023 #10

Yup. Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #11

It will hurt tourism and many other things if they remove India JI7 Sep 2023 #8

Meh. They can call themselves what they like. NT Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #13

+1 2naSalit Sep 2023 #15

Fine, call it what you want Red Mountain Sep 2023 #16

Bharat is also in the Constitution malaise Sep 2023 #17

You called? Buns_of_Fire Sep 2023 #18

They will get sued by half the restaurants in London if they go through with it. DFW Sep 2023 #22