From: jvazquez on
On 29 mayo, 18:45, 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!
>
> D

Yup. My vote to Ý.

JV

From: jvazquez on
On 29 mayo, 18:41, Futbolmetrix <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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

Which makes me wonder why Italians call Germany, la Germania but the
Germans, i Tedeschi...

:-/

JV

From: Crisstti on
On 29 mayo, 17:18, ixion martin - GdBx <ix...(a)martin.invalid> wrote:
> In French
>
> u = german ü (including Uruguay)
> ou = spanish u
> ay = same sound as "yeah"
> gn = spanish ñ
> e = german e
> é = spanish e

WHat is the difference (between German e and Spanish e)?. they sound
the same to me...

> è = more or less the same
> qu = c
> i = spanish i
> ie in the end of the word = i
> the 's' at the end of the name is not said (except for
> HondÜrasse :))
> g, j = a little bit like the english g
>
> 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
>
> --
> Ixion
> Contre une équipe étrangère, quand on dit diplomatiquement
> que l'arbitre n'est pas dans un bon soir, c'est toujours le
> club
> français qui morfle.

From: Crisstti on
On 29 mayo, 19:18, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote:
> On 29 mayo, 18:41, Futbolmetrix <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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
>
> Which makes me wonder why Italians call Germany, la Germania but the
> Germans, i Tedeschi...
>
> :-/
>
> JV- Ocultar texto de la cita -
>
> - Mostrar texto de la cita -

That is a good question...
From: Abubakr on
On May 30, 6:24 am, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Ironically the name China might not have been picked by the Chinese
> themselves. It probably came from "Jin", a dynasty established by
> nomads coming from from Manchuria who conquered and ruled most of
> northern China for over a century before they themselves got swallowed
> up by the Mongols.


No, it is older than that. China has been known as "Cheen" in Persian
since at least late antiquity and the English word seems to be a
corruption of the Persian.