From: Chagney Hunt on 29 May 2010 11:22 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 29 May 2010 11:56 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 -- No, no, you can't e-mail me with the nono.
From: Mark V. on 29 May 2010 13:51 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 29 May 2010 13:52 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! :-) -- Lléo
From: Lleo on 29 May 2010 13:58
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. -- Lléo PS: ...since elf = eleven in German, you could have fooled me into believing that Elfenbenskusten = "Eleven from the coast" or something :-) |