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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Servais@discuss.tchncs.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, France, short form for République française not Royaume de France.

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I think OPs point is that this "Frank" guy is still in your country's name.

That's like saying there was a King Godzilla once, you get rid of him, and then call your country "Republic of Godzilla."

I'm not saying you don't have a point. I just understand the parent poster's point too.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 3 weeks ago

The thing is that the Frank did not rule the country while living in isolation. They got married, got kids and today a significate amount of the french population has some Frank blood. If Goodzila had rule a country for more that a thousand years and that the population of the country was mostly its children it wouldn't be much a stretch to call it Godzillaland after it loses its position.