Interesting link, thank you!

Less true in other languages. Twitter was big in Japan where 140 chars goes a bit further.

It’s also one of my favorites.

I think your assessment is optimistic.

He’ll ruin the gov like he ruined X

They care about money. If they don’t go alone with it they probably get fined. So yeah, I think they will.

And it’s not uncommon. Lots of countries don’t call other countries by their names. Japan is Nihon. China is Zhōngguó. Germany is Deutschland.

But those are for historical reasons, changing it specifically to be different is nuts.