Nauru, the 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

10 pointsposted 13 hours ago
by gmays
(abcnews.com)

8 Comments

cyanydeez

10 hours ago

Isnt this the country billionaires want to buy so they can play pretend government

peterashford

9 hours ago

Yes. Not that it was ever up for sale, obviously

andsoitis

12 hours ago

…aaaaand making it harder to pronounce correctly. What masterful branding.

peterashford

9 hours ago

fortunately, it's not a consumer product

KetoManx64

4 hours ago

I'm sure there are plenty of citizens of that country that would love to make themselves more marketable to the rest of the world so they can make more than the equivalent of $1/week and not have the corrupt government making it harder to do so.

juiceland

10 hours ago

“Commonly known abroad by the pronunciation of Now-roo, the new name is spoken as Now-ero.”