From: Chagney Hunt on
On May 29, 11:13 am, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote:
> On 29 mayo, 08:02, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Elfenbenskusten
>
> Had to look into the web to work this out.

Elfen is something either relates to Elves or elephant, no? Since I
don't wish to see Orlando Bloom, it must be the latter.
From: El Kot on
In Bulgarian, I'm giving the Cyrillic representation, and then the
pronunciation. I'm using @ to denote the schwa. Always hard 'g', like in
"get".


South Africa = Южна Африка - Yuzhna Afrika

Mexico = Мексико - Meksiko

Uruguay = Уругвай - Urugvay

France = Франция - Frantsiya

Argentina = Аржентина - Arzhentina

Nigeria = Нигерия - Nigeriya (hard 'g', like in "get")

South Korea = Южна Корея - Yuzhna Koreya

Greece = Гърция - G(a)rtsiya

England = Англия - Angliya

USA = САЩ - SASht (S(a)edineni Amerikanski SHTati)

Algeria = Алжир - Alzhir

Slovenia = Словения - Sloveniya

Germany = Германия - Germaniya (hard 'g', like in "get")

Australia = Австралия - Avstraliya

Serbia = Сърбия - S(a)rbiya

Ghana = Гана - Gana (hard 'g', like in "get")

Holland = Холандия - Holandiya (emphatic 'h', like German 'ch')

Denmark = Дания - Daniya

Japan = Япония - Yaponiya

Cameroon = Камерун - Kamerun

Italy = Италия - Italiya

Paraguay = Парагвай - Paragvay

New Zealand = Нова Зеландия - Nova Zelandiya

Slovakia = Словакия - Slovakiya

Brazil = Бразилия - Braziliya

North Korea = Северна Корея - Severna Koreya

Ivory Coast = Бряг на Слоновата Кост - Bryag na slonovata kost

Portugal = Португалия - Portugaliya

Spain = Испания - Ispaniya

Switzerland = Швейцария - Shveytsariya

Honduras = Хондурас - Honduras (emphatic 'h' again)

Chile = Чили - Chili


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From: Mark V. on
On May 29, 5:02 am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> Swedish:

> Elfenbenskusten

:-) A candidate for this year's "Tyskland" award?
From: Lleo on
On 29 maio, 12:56, El Kot <nono.black.e...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> In Bulgarian, I'm giving the Cyrillic representation, and then the
> pronunciation. I'm using @ to denote the schwa. Always hard 'g', like in
> "get".
>
> [snip]

Amazing - no country name ending with -ov or -ev! :-)

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From: Lleo on
On 29 maio, 14:51, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 29, 5:02 am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Swedish:
> > Elfenbenskusten
>
> :-)     A candidate for this year's "Tyskland" award?

It gets my vote.

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Lléo
PS: ...since elf = eleven in German, you could have fooled me into
believing that Elfenbenskusten = "Eleven from the coast" or
something :-)