# "Countries have names - should they also have surnames?" - and other confounding questions...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 10, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381 "2014-03-10T21:11:38Z")
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### Author: ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381/41 "2014-03-21T21:24:03Z")

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> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#):
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> (such like John the Butcher vs. John the Tailor vs. John the Cleaner),

But you fuck just one goat.

😃

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### Author: ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-have-names-should-they-also-have-surnames-and-other-confounding-questions/683381/42 "2014-03-21T23:05:58Z")

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Well, there’s Iran Howard, and Mali Hatchett. A lot of people in Myanmar still call it Burma, and Burma’s surname is Shave. You can’t forget Israel Bond, or India Arie.

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> Where do babies come from?

From Babylon, of course!

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