What’s the difference? They both speak Swahili, right?
The Swiss but with a Klingon accent.
Australia Austria
Georgia Georgia
Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
Niger and Nigeria
One region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
120.000 google searches annually feels like a niche problem. Switzerland and Sweden share exactly two starting letters, I doubt that everyone with functioning basic pattern recognition is capable of mixing those names up too much.
I doubt it’s really that much of an issue, but it’s a decent hook for a lighthearted tourism campaign, which this probably is.
That’s a good point.
I think English-speakers are not the problem here. In Spanish it is “Suiza” and “Suecia”, which is actually confusing.
One has stashes of money and the other has
hot cocoa and marshmallowsfondueI’m just relieved to know that I’m not the only doofus who mixes them up.
America vs United States of America
One is a continent, the other a country.
Wow, thank you for clearing that up. I had no idea.
Happy to help! Apparently, most US-americans don’t.
