From: jvazquez on 31 May 2010 09:21 On 31 mayo, 08:13, Jesper Lauridsen <rorsc...(a)sorrystofanet.dk> wrote: > On 2010-05-29, Futbolmetrix <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On May 29, 9:44 pm, Lleo <lleo...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > > >> > > Itália > > >> > Ý > > > Apologies to Elfenbeinkust, but this easily wins the Tyskland award! > > What's the problem with Elfenbeinkust? It's the same name as in any > other language. > > I never got the Tyskland surprise either. Presumably you're ok with > Alemagne and Germany, neither of which have similarity to Deutchland. No problem at all with Tyskland or Elfenbeinkust. It only depends on how it sounds to you, depending on your mother language. Now that we talk about this I remember a few years ago in rss someone asked "How can you possibly do some chanting for Metalurh Zaporizhzhya (Ukrainian League) ?" I answered: Easy: Metalurh Zaporizhzhya, Metalurh Zaporizhzhya, ohe, ohe, ohe XD Juan Vazquez
From: Huw Morris on 2 Jun 2010 05:27 > Surafrica or Sudafrica = Afrique du Sud > México = Mexique > Uruguay = Uruguay > Francia = France > Argentina = Argentine > Nigeria = Nigéria > Corea del Sur = Corée du Sud > Grecia = Grèce > Inglaterra = Angleterre > Estados Unidos de Amé. = U-S-A, Etats-Unis (d'Amérique) > Argelia = Algérie > Eslovenia = Slovénie > Alemania = Allemagne > Australia = Australie > Serbia = Serbie > Ghana = Ghana > Holanda = Pays-Bas (Hollande is a part of it) > Dinamarca = Danemark > Japón = Japon > Camerún = Cameroun > Italia = Italie > Paraguay = Paraguay > Nueva Zelanda = Nouvelle-Zélande > Eslovaquia = Slovaquie > Brasil = Brésil > Corea del Norte = Corée du Nord > Costa de Marfil = Côte d'Ivoire > Portugal = Portugal > España = Espagne > Suiza = Suisse > Honduras = Honduras > Chile = Chili Seeing a list of countries in both English and French makes me think I'm watching the voting for the Eurovision Song Contest. Alemania, douze points... Germany twelve points!
From: Mirobaldo on 2 Jun 2010 13:45 ITALIAN: common name (official name) -> person from this coutry name (singular) Sudafrica (Repubblica Sudafricana) -> Sudafricano Messico (Stati Uniti Messicani) -> Messicano Uruguay (Repubblica dell'Uruguay) -> Uruguaiano, Uruguagio Francia (Repubblica Francese) -> Francese Argentina (Repubblica Argentina) -> Argentino Nigeria (Repubblica Federale della Nigeria) -> Nigeriano Corea del Sud (Repubblica di Corea) -> Sudcoreano Grecia (Repubblica Ellenica) -> Greco Inghilterra (Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord) --> Inglese Stati Uniti, America, USA (Stati Uniti d'America) -> Americano Algeria (Repubblica Democratica Popolare di Algeria) -> Algerino Slovenia (Repubblica Slovena) -> Sloveno Germania (Repubblica Federale Tedesca) -> Tedesco Australia (Commonwealth dell'Australia) -> Australiano Serbia (Repubblica di Serbia) -> Serbo Ghana (Repubblica del Ghana) -> Ganese, Ghanese (same pronunciation) Olanda, Paesi Bassi (Regno dei Paesi Bassi) -> Olandese Danimarca (Regno di Danimarca) -> Danese Giappone (Stato del Giappone) -> Giapponese, Nipponico Camerun ( Repubblica del Camerun) -> Camerunense Italia (Repubblica Italiana) -> Italiano Paraguay (Repubblica del Paraguay) -> Paraguaiano Nuova Zelanda (Nuova Zelanda) -> Neozelandese Slovacchia (Repubblica Slovacca) -> Slovacco Brasile (Repubblica Federativa del Brasile) -> Brasiliano Corea Del Nord (Repubblica Democratica Popolare di Corea) -> Nordcoreano Costa D'Avorio (Repubblica di Costa d'Avorio) -> Ivoriano Portogallo (Repubblica Portoghese) -> Portoghese Spagna (leto: Regno di Spagna) -> Spagnolo Svizzara (Confererazione Elvetica) -> Svizzero, Elvetico Honduras (Repubblica di Honduras) -> Onduregno, Honduregno (same pronunciation) Cile (Repubblica del Cile) -> Cileno
From: Alkamista on 2 Jun 2010 13:56 On May 29, 9:34 am, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > In Turkish: > Uruguay = Uruguay (same spelling) Was that down to laziness? > > Paraguay = Paraguay (same spelling) Lazy again. > > Honduras = Honduras (same spelling) Now I see the pattern. The Turkish language was set in stone prior to 1492. > > Chile = Sili (s pronounced as sh, ie "Shili") But wait....that's just silly.
From: Alessandro Riolo on 2 Jun 2010 14:10
On 2 June, 18:56, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Now I see the pattern. The Turkish language was set in stone prior to > 1492. No, actually it was fully revised after 1932: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language#Language_reform_and_modern_Turkish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_replaced_loanwords_in_Turkish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Language_Association I sincerely doubt a contemporary Turk would be able to understand much of the Turkish spoken before 1932, not to talk about 1492, and only a very tiny minority would be able to read anything at all. -- ale http://ale.riolo.co.uk |