::Nice joke. People get annoyed because its just incorrect. It's like if the UK was just called "England" or "Great Britain" or saying "Holland" instead of "the Netherlands" on some pages. It's wrong and a bit offensive in a way. Also there's the thing were the UK were the only country in the world to refuse to accept the constitutional name of Ireland. They called the country Republic of Ireland even though the Irish governement insisted that was the not the name. This issue was solved in 1998 where they finally acknowledged the correct name. However use of Rep. of Ireland still exists in the British media even though it is very incorrect. The term is never heard wordwide other than the football team (I'm sure you know the FIFA ruling on that). Hope I cleared something up anyway.