tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post5780603273545030477..comments2023-10-31T08:19:54.708-07:00Comments on Five by Five: Up with Geography: Burkina Fasobalyienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-82615357579947140752016-01-24T16:12:59.627-08:002016-01-24T16:12:59.627-08:00Burkina Faso means "the country of honorable ...Burkina Faso means "the country of honorable people," which I think is quite lovely and yes, much better than Upper Volta.<br /><br />I set up this post several days before it went live, and so ended up with a rather benign headline. The day before it went live, there was a terrorist attack. 29 people were killed. I haven't seen anybody talking about it. :-/balyienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-86058720880558372112016-01-20T19:13:40.766-08:002016-01-20T19:13:40.766-08:00Ah yes, the former Upper Volta. Burkina Faso is a...Ah yes, the former Upper Volta. Burkina Faso is a much better name!<br /><br />I think also this wins (so far) in the category of most vowels used when listing top five cities. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967372439743853589noreply@blogger.com