Czechoslovakia Does Not Exist!
It's funny, but after four years of living here in the Czech Republic, every time I write a story for the Times-Standard, they still insist that I live in Czechoslovakia, or at least they insist on using it in headlines/datelines.
Once again, for the fiftieth time (and to readers, too, who have repeatedly made the same error) there is no such thing as Czechoslovakia. It was a country that existed from 1918 to 1993, when the Czechs and Slovaks amicably agreed to separate. These days the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic are both EU member states.
Sorry if it sounds like quibbling. Most Americans probably couldn't find Czech Republic or Slovakia on a map. But it's like referring to the Southern U.S. states as the Confederacy. It just doesn't exist anymore.
And I'm not trying to slam the folks back home. I'm sure my European friends here, their opinion aside, would not be able to name all 50 US states, or the countries that belong to the African Union, or the number of states in the Balkans, etc.
But c' mon, guys! At least get C.R. right.