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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.

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Date: 11/24/2010 11:35:00 AM
Giving you thanks for sharing your poetry here at PoetrySoup. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Sydney. Love,Carol
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Date: 11/24/2010 6:42:00 AM
i can respect a knoledgable man like you. john h loving iii
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