Refering to places/things by their original name

[JD-Roo]

Never been there. It sounds an interesting place. I hear it's full of dykes.

 

[Plogs]

Never been there. It sounds an interesting place. I hear it's full of dykes.

and ripping drugs.

 

[emuboy]

Never been to Constantinople?

No, my wife and I thought about it, but after our last holiday to Peking was such a letdown, we decided on a simple holiday.

So we purchased a new Datsun automobile, drove to the seaside, and spent two weeks relaxing, listening to the wireless and drinking Pinto.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Holland is the two western provinces within the Netherlands, where Amsterdam and Rotterdam are, but it's not the rest of the country and never has been.

Those 2 western provinces generate IIRC two thirds of the countries economy which is why it is referred to Holland by some. Well it's what i was told by a native when i was over there.