From: jvazquez on 29 May 2010 19:15 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 29 May 2010 19:18 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 29 May 2010 20:07 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 29 May 2010 20:13 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 29 May 2010 20:21
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. |