But every time a third world hell hole changes its name, we jump to get on board. Congo - Zaire - Congo. Burma - Myanmar. Rhodesia - Zimbabwe. Ceylon - Sri Lanka. Peking - Beijing. Siam - Thailand. Persia - Iran.
Any time someone brown, yellow or black shouts, we jump. But we can't call our fellow while folks what they want to be called.
“Any time someone brown, yellow or black shouts, we jump. But we can’t call our fellow while folks what they want to be called.”
All of that might be true, but there’s still no reason to insist it is Köln when it is Cologne in English. That’s all I’m saying.