Lithuanian Out Loud

Ready Freddy, Man tai patinka! Okay!  Finally!  It’s been so long, where have you been dear? Maybe you’ve been skiing? I’ve been skiing!!!  Like the wind!  From the mountains – down – fast! Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris. One of our listeners named Autumn sent me an email alerting us to something interesting.  The prime minister of Lithuania is leading a commission that is considering a proposal to change Lithuania’s name in English.  Of course, Lithuania’s name wouldn’t be affected in Chinese, German, French, Lithuanian, etcetera. The commission feels that English speakers not only confuse Lithuania and Latvia, they have trouble locating the Baltic nations on a map .  The Lithuanian government is very interested in promoting investments and tourism and they think a name change might just do the trick.  Thanks for the email and the interesting