From: MH on
jvazquez(a)semavenca.com wrote:
>
> (This is not a sophisticated, nor un-sophisticated, nor any kind of
> competition. You only get some general culture ;-)
>
> I think I started a similar thread four or eight years ago, when I was
> surprised of the name of Germany in Swedish as Tyskland.
>
> I�ll do the Spanish again:
>
> Surafrica or Sudafrica
> M�xico

Estados unidos de M�xico , technically.

> Uruguay
> Francia
> Argentina
> Nigeria
> Rep�blica de Corea or Corea del Sur
> Grecia
> Inglaterra
> Estados Unidos de Am�rica
> Argelia
> Eslovenia
> Alemania
> Australia
> Serbia
> Ghana
> Holanda
> Dinamarca
> Jap�n
> Camer�n
> Italia
> Paraguay
> Nueva Zelanda o Nueva Zelandia
> Eslovaquia
> Brasil
> Rep�blica Democr�tica Popular de Corea or Corea del Norte
> Costa de Marfil
> Portugal
> Espa�a
> Suiza
> Honduras
> Chile
>
> Juan Vazquez.
From: Futbolmetrix on
On May 29, 8:51 pm, "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?

So why is it that Germany is for some the land of the Germans, for
some the land of the Alemanni, and for some the land of the Teutons?

....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Germany

Is there really an answer to everything in wikipedia?

D
From: Futbolmetrix on
On May 29, 9:44 pm, Lleo <lleo...(a)lycos.com> wrote:
>
> > > Itália
>
> > Ý
>

Apologies to Elfenbeinkust, but this easily wins the Tyskland award!

D
From: jvazquez on
On 29 mayo, 10:33, Lleo <lleo...(a)lycos.com> wrote:
> On 29 maio, 08:21, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote:
>
> > (This is not a sophisticated, nor un-sophisticated, nor any kind of
> > competition. You only get some general culture ;-)
>
> Em português:

Camerun

> Camarões

It sound like "shrimp" in Spanish.

What is the name of "shrimp" in Portuguese?

JV


From: jvazquez on
On 29 mayo, 16:52, MH <MHnos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote:

> > Surafrica or Sudafrica
> > México
>
> Estados unidos de México , technically.
>

Estados Unidos Mexicanos

according to this http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/México and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico

But thanks for your reminder.

JV