Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Some exonyns of places in English and their endonyms. India = Bharat Egypt = Mas'r Japan = Nippon Germany = Deutschland China = Zhonghou Levant = Bilad As-Sham ( Greater Syria kinda meaning ) North Africa = Maghreb ( Egypt excluded ) Greece = Hellas There are some others places I'm forgetting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spike 5,103 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Beelzebub said: Japan = Nippon China = Zhonghou Japan can be either ‘Nippon’ or ‘Nihon’. China is even more complicated because it depends on the translation and the dialect, there are quite literally dozens of way to express the name. Most countries have different names in different languages. Italia Danmark Sverige Norge Suomi Nederland Hrvatska so on and so forth. Germany for instance is called Alemagne in French, and Alemannia in Spanish. Edited October 4, 2022 by Spike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bluewolf said: I’d rather be jailed in Paris than live in the USA now, however wonder how many people took that offer up… @CaaC (John) you live in Louisiana for a bit in the 1700s? Edited October 4, 2022 by Toinho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Spike said: Japan can be either ‘Nippon’ or ‘Nihon’. China is even more complicated because it depends on the translation and the dialect, there are quite literally dozens of way to express the name. Most countries have different names in different languages. Italia Danmark Sverige Norge Suomi Nederland Hrvatska so on and so forth. Germany for instance is called Alemagne in French, and Alemannia in Spanish. Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, Beelzebub said: Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English. ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Beelzebub said: Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English. Endonyms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Toinho said: Endonyms? Endonym by default means what something is called by natives only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 28 minutes ago, Beelzebub said: Endonym by default means what something is called by natives only. Yeah you mentioned exonym too so I learnt a new word there. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Blackrock is a financial services company that is said to own everything in the world. I now partially believe macro economics is something only a selected few of freemason type people really know how works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted October 6, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Imagine when some archeologist finds it several thousand years later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panflute 670 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 29/09/2022 at 19:30, Beelzebub said: U.S. air raided all but five Japanese cities prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 88% urban area was destroyed in seventeen cities, Kyoto alone had 65 raids. This makes the nukes was a last resort to end war argument untenable. They were a convenient excuse used by Japanese generals to end the war on somewhat honorable terms. Always makes for a good litmus test on whether people truly grasp how history works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, Panflute said: They were a convenient excuse used by Japanese generals to end the war on somewhat honorable terms. Always makes for a good litmus test on whether people truly grasp how history works. Huh? The Emperor intervened and forced the war council to surrender. The whole thing is a sham anyway, the USA nuked Japan because it wanted unconditional surrender and the Japanese were twiddling their thumbs because they wanted the condition of protecting the Imperial family from prosecution, which happened anyway making the nukes completely pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 02/10/2022 at 23:00, nudge said: Pyrenean ibex is the first and the only known species to go extinct twice. Originally, they became extinct in 2000, and there were several cloning attempts to resurrect the species afterwards. In 2003, a living specimen was born through cloning, but died 7 minutes after birth due to a respiratory defect, making it the first species to go extinct, be brought back alive, and become extinct again. Such a majestic animal, too. Humans are cunts sometimes. Extincting entire species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Andre Stander was a South African police officer who carried out robberies during his lunch break and would return to the scene as an investigating officer. Giga Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Taj Mahal built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife's tomb is earthquake proof, its built on sandy soil with unusual base that it pillars can stand an earthquake that may level everything around it. Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his brute son Aurangzeb who found his father to be too effeminate. He allowed him to be locked up in a cell which had a clear view of the tomb, he died in that cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted October 8, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Bluewolf said: At least he was very good at his job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted October 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Bluewolf said: This reminds me so much of the Monty Python Agatha Christie sketch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 15/09/2022 at 13:49, Beelzebub said: 85% of Greek mythology involves Zeus poking with a woman alone mind her own business. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluewolf 7,161 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 59 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Bet you were pissed as a fart on mead that day mate.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 This needs to be made part of online texting. Far too many people don't get the sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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