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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 5:28 am
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Darren
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Originally Posted by jib71
A Usonian friend of mine told me that I sounded weird for saying "The" with Gambia, Lebanon and Yemen. And so I feel very self-conscious when referring to those countries now and I'm not really sure what to call them.
Not sure what a usonian is, but the name of The Gambia is The Gambia. It is incorrect to call the country Gambia.
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