-stans

[Victor]

When in the zoo, don't feed the animals.

    VS-)

Paul Johnston wrote:
> So we're supposed to change the spelling of foreign names to match
> our orthography now? And, since English (and I suppose American
> English) is the "world language", only us?  Amerika ueber alles,
> sounds like.  No wonder everyone hates us.
>

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