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24-11.-2004, 12:04 AM
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Why does America change country names?
You know what I'm talkin about. Give us the "real" name of your country and the U.S version.
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24-11.-2004, 12:23 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Real Name: Scotland. American Name: That little village on the outskirts of London in the United States of Englandshire. I once saw an Merkin spell Kashmir as Cashmheer. They're noting of not creative, I'll give them that. |
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24-11.-2004, 01:22 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
What does France call Germany?
India ink is called "tinta China" in Spanish speaking countries. Oh, and Scotland is called that land above the Hadrian Wall  |
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24-11.-2004, 01:44 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Hadrian's Wall...oh yes, you mean the one that stretches from Prague to the lower Transylvanian mountians designed to keep the Slovaks from attacking weary travellers. |
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24-11.-2004, 03:03 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Wall, not the line. |
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24-11.-2004, 03:04 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Wall, not the line. Oats: A cereal grain eaten by the people of Scotland and horses elsewhere. |
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24-11.-2004, 03:28 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
Speaking of Scotland, anyone have any idea why broadcasters in the U.K. call Bush "President Boosh"?
I must be the only person who pronounces "Bush" and not "Boosh". Which is the correct version? |
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24-11.-2004, 03:41 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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I was in queue at a railway station in Paris, France. The man in front of me got to the window. 'A wanna return ticket to Laons.' The girl looked down her screen. 'Sorry sir, she said'. 'Laons'. he shouted. 'Sorry sir, we have Lens.' 'A said Laons. France'. 'Sorry sir.' with that he stormed off calling the French rude names, and we saved ya. So I said to the girl, in French, that he probably meant Lyons ( pronounced Leon). Mmm, she said 'Why didn't you help him? I replied that I thought he was very rude. 'Yes, he was' she said and smiled. |
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24-11.-2004, 05:44 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
It's pronounced Bush
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24-11.-2004, 07:54 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
Allemagne is Germany in French.
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24-11.-2004, 08:01 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Bush - Boosh - dickhead..its all the same. |
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24-11.-2004, 08:44 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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There is truth in both definitions of Indian Ink. It was used by scribes throughout the ages in civilised societies, of which America wasn't one. Latterly it was mainly used by draughtsmen to make industrial drawings, until the invention of CAD. It is still used by cartoonists. The basic constituent is acorns, a gallinule which is ferrous sulphate, and an iron pot. I know were on a different thread here, but do you malt your own barley? Most brewers these days use pelletised hops, but here in the south east of England hop growers still grow Fuggles and Golding hops. |
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24-11.-2004, 08:55 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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Might as well do the other one then. Frankreich is German for France. Oh to be polyglot in Murkia. |
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24-11.-2004, 08:58 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
because americans are so arogant and think that they are the best nation in the world, the best democracy ( ROFL!), and because alot of rednecks live there
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24-11.-2004, 09:01 AM
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Re: Why does America change country names?
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The newsreader are all Scots, and Boosh rhymes with Whoosh, Bush rhymes with Lush and Slush... and Dickhead, Rhymes with everything. |
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