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I was called a racist today for pronouncing Pakistan as 'Paki-Stan' instead of 'Pak-Stan'......
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The names are compounds of -stan and the name of the people living there. Pakistan is a bit of an exception; its name was coined in 1933 using the suffix -istan from Baluchistan preceded by the initial letters of Punjab, Afghanistan, and Kashmir. [ link to www.thefreedictionary.com] It is called Pakistan by Pakistanis - but obviously not by Euro-Islamic facsists. Quoting: Beowulf 1093756
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