They should call the place Nigel. Goes well with Chad.
I was able to convince someone yesterday that Benin and Ghana had lockdowns so they were using the restaurants in the country between them, Togo, which was why takeaway restaurant meals were called Togos.
Haven’t had as much fun since I convinced my then child daughter that the Nole indians intermixed with runaway slaves and escaped prisoners so much that they were half interlopers and half Noles, or Seminoles. She told her teacher the next day, adding that it had to be true because her daddy was a college professor...
They should call the place Nigel. Goes well with Chad.
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It’s all about brand and marketing. Iran should change its name too. Rename it back to Persia. Persia sounds better and has better connotations. Ancient Persian Empire. Persian carpets. Persian cats.