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Why does the #BBC insist on deadnaming Czechia and Turkiye? If British people can smuggly condescend anyone who can't untangle Great Britain, UK, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britain and the British Isles, I'm sure they can figure out "Czechia". itv trusts them to...

22/6/26, 7:54 am0 reposts0 likes

TheSecretDiplomat

@thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social

22 June

That's a bit ironic considering your post implies that Ireland is British.

How so?

@thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social

27 June

You're criticising a British media outlet for not using the correct toponymy for Czechia and Türkiye. And then you've included Ireland in a list of British toponynms - including the term 'British Isles' which some still controversially use to describe the entire archipelago of Britain and Ireland.

Geeves

@geeves.org

27 June

I was saying that we live in a fairly convoluted collection of countries, regions, etc... that are often confused by foreigners. Blue Sky does have a character limit so I had to cut some nuance. I didn't realise British Isles was particularly controversial, but then I'm not a major broadcaster.