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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
RedWolf4:
What, you never heard of the Blue Mountains?
Masterpiece:
Von den blauen Bergen kommen wir...
hakko504:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 07 Feb 2014, 18:20 ---I'm just sitting here shocked to learn Australia has a winter olympic team.
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Austrailas first gold medal in the winter olympics:
youtube link
--- Quote from: Linds on 07 Feb 2014, 14:45 ---
--- Quote from: questionablydiscontent on 07 Feb 2014, 12:09 ---See, we Americans think everything-- objects, people, cities-- have a "real" word in English, of which other countries use translation.
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But there are those of us that don't and are in fact annoyed when we look at maps in native languages and go, "Wtf. Why don't we just call "Munich" München (and so on), because that's what it actually is." :wink: English isn't the only language, 'Murrica... I don't even care if it's rewritten in Latin letters if need be, but dang it, at least get it to phonetically sound the same as the native pronunciation.
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Speaking of München, did you know it's called Monaco in Italian? Confusion level = 100%
Blue Kitty:
Kugai:
Hakko, that Video is Embedding Blocked
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