Comments on: Branding Slovenia

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:09 +0000

Wave a New Zealand flag and 99 times out of 100 people elsewhere will assume it is Australian.

By: Video keynote – I feel Slovenia - NATION BRANDING

Video keynote – I feel Slovenia - NATION BRANDING — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:03:07 +0000

[...] refered to Slovenia’s nation-branding efforts before – and also to the country’s promotional ‘I feel sLOVEnia” [...]

By: National flags – the real country logos - NATION BRANDING

National flags – the real country logos - NATION BRANDING — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:55:21 +0000

[...] their flag in order to “re-brand” themselves to the eyes within and abroad. A debate on Slovenia’s flag (and name) change is still persistent, as some Slovenes believe the country flag to be not Slovenian at all (it has [...]

By: Bostjan

Bostjan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:01:46 +0000

this topic was verry disputed in past years in Slovenija. And a journalist came up with a very cool and funny idea!
We should call our country SEXY, that stands for Slovenia EX Yugoslavia!
Peace B.

By: Pavle from Serbia

Pavle from Serbia — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:58:11 +0000

Continents: North America mast change name to NORA, and continents South America must change name to SURA.

Continents must change names too.
North America to NORA
South America to SURA
USA to Americana.

NORA and SURA are better names for continents because termin America cound make confusion.
When you said America, it means and continent and USA.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000743856976#!/pages/America-is-stupid-name-for-continent-We-need-alternative-name/171291469548789

By: Mike E

Mike E — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:23:12 +0000

One solution could be , to form a new common state.

By: Dudo

Dudo — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:44:15 +0000

oh yeah, those Slovaks with the green flag.. :-))

By: Naming a nation: Southern Sudan - NATION BRANDING

Naming a nation: Southern Sudan - NATION BRANDING — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:22:16 +0000

[...] like Lexus, Liberty Mutual or United Airlines. More recently, countries such as Lithuania and Slovenia have also considered changed their names of their [...]

By: Andreas Markessinis

Andreas Markessinis — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:22:19 +0000

Maja, thanks for your contribution, but I think you took it too seriously. As stated in the article, this is just a nation branding experiment. People sometimes are too picky with this sort of things. It’s just a lab in test, nothing else.

By: maja

maja — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:47:13 +0000

“…or you people should, once and for all, learn to tell them apart, the way they are.”

totally agree.

but about the article.
uumm…what? sorry but your ideas are pretty insane. and i, as a 26yo slovenian (who also knows quite a lot about history and geography) could never, but never, agree with what you wrote. quite the only thing i agree with is the flag (but from designers view, not si-slo confusion).

if we can laugh at people mixing up the countries, you should ignore it and be happy you know the difference (while i feel sorry for the people who dont).

but changing the name of the country? oh, please.
too bad you havent researched a bit more before writing the article like that. not everything is the same.

and pretty welcome to visit us in bratislava…oh oops, i meant ljubljana.

maja