Mail Puzzle
MAIL PUZZLE
Indians call India Bharat, so now you know.
And the Chinese call China Zhong-Guo
Islands are called Malvinas by some guys,
And Falklands by those with different ties.
Congo? Zaire? Congo? What is it today?
Will Mumbai revert to being Bombay?
Now I can reasonably understand
To the Germans, Germany’s Deutschland,
But I can’t see by what sleight of hand
Finns got to call it Suomi, which is Finland.
And the stamp-collector’s nightmare
Which really make you despair
Are Hungary which is (really) Magyar
And Burma which is (nearly) Myanmar
I think I’ll never again collect a stamp
In case I get geographical writer’s cramp.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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