Am I going to want to kill myself if I spend two weeks in Mumbai?

[TCO]

Why should you care, apostate?

[BlackCat]

Anyone out there that still uses The Colonies instead of USA

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Then again, we English speaking folk call it Germany instead of Deutschland, so maybe this is their revenge.

I call it Deutschland too. I just pronounce it differently.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by DaShi


I call it Deutschland too. I just pronounce it differently.

Yep, the correct way is Tyskland

[Theben]

Hansberg

[onodera]

Ghermaniya, Bombey, Eskimosy.

[Barnabas]

Alemania and Bombai here

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Asher

The funny thing is that that picture reminds me of the Orchard Park Estate in North Hull

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Theben


Yes. Apparently in India, repeatedly stabbing a dalmatian and tearing its still-beating heart out with your teeth is a signal you need help.

The dog or the Croatian citizen?

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by onodera
Ghermaniya, Bombey, Eskimosy.

It seems only Deutschlanders call Deutschland, Deutschland. Everyone else uses some variant of "German". There has got to be a story behind that.

Even Nippon --> Japan makes more sense.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
But Istanbul, not Constantinople.

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

[The Mad Monk]

Re: BUMP

Originally posted by Asher

How about now?

(No, I never ended up going. As you may know, Lehman had some...financial issues that kiboshed the trip)

Actually, I would go right now. the odds for an immediate followup are low, and the inevitable tourism crash will take bargain basement prices to a whole new sublevel.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk


It seems only Deutschlanders call Deutschland, Deutschland. Everyone else uses some variant of "German". There has got to be a story behind that.

Even Nippon --> Japan makes more sense.

Allemagne?

[The Mad Monk]

Still a hell of a lot closer to "Germany" than "Deutschland".

[onodera]

Oh, we also call Istanbul Stambul. And we call Germans nemtsy.