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Post by Guest Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:12 am

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:32 pm

hahaha, splendid!

my favs: wtfstan, szwrkstan and (plain old) stan (central asian countries like tadjikistan and kirgistan/kirgizya), and thanksgiving meal (iraq?)

do you understand "jack sparrow" (somalia?) and mesoindia (indonesia? i thought "meso" means "upper.")

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Post by Hellsangel Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:39 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)
Dear Old Geezer,

That would be Turkey. How long have you lived in America now?
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Post by artood2 Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:40 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)

do you understand "jack sparrow" (somalia?) and mesoindia (indonesia? i thought "meso" means "upper.")



Thanksgiving meal ==> turkey

Jack sparrow ==> Pirates of Somalia
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Post by Propagandhi711 Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:45 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)
Dear Old Geezer,

That would be Turkey. How long have you lived in America now?

they serve rocks (i-rock) in koithodithil kuriakose thomas's household on thanksgiving day.

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Post by Guest Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:52 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)
Dear Old Geezer,

That would be Turkey. How long have you lived in America now?

> irrelevant!

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:16 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)
Dear Old Geezer,

That would be Turkey. How long have you lived in America now?

they serve rocks (i-rock) in koithodithil kuriakose thomas's household on thanksgiving day.
rocks --> i-rock --> iraq? hahaha, this must be what's called a sense of humour!

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Post by Hellsangel Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:35 pm

Huzefa Kapasi wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote: thanksgiving meal (iraq?)
Dear Old Geezer,

That would be Turkey. How long have you lived in America now?

> irrelevant!
Dear Old Geezer,
You are worse than a fobby.
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Post by charvaka Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:06 pm

?
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:i thought "meso" means "upper.")
Trivia question: what is common to the words: intermission, mezzanine, Mesopotamia?
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Post by charvaka Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:08 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:hahaha, splendid!

my favs: wtfstan, szwrkstan and (plain old) stan (central asian countries like tadjikistan and kirgistan/kirgizya), and thanksgiving meal (iraq?)

do you understand "jack sparrow" (somalia?) and mesoindia (indonesia? i thought "meso" means "upper.")
Saar, you are fully americanized going by your knowledge of Asia's geography. That place marked Satan is Iran, not the various -stans of Central Asia.
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Post by chameli Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:24 pm

lol good one

I doubt the Americans can even come up with this much...

most of them will refer to each country as that' thingie' or 'thingamajig'Evil or Very Mad
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Post by Propagandhi711 Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:10 pm

charvaka wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:hahaha, splendid!

my favs: wtfstan, szwrkstan and (plain old) stan (central asian countries like tadjikistan and kirgistan/kirgizya), and thanksgiving meal (iraq?)

do you understand "jack sparrow" (somalia?) and mesoindia (indonesia? i thought "meso" means "upper.")
Saar, you are fully americanized going by your knowledge of Asia's geography. That place marked Satan is Iran, not the various -stans of Central Asia.

that earns an ingratiating LOL from me.

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:10 am

charvaka wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:hahaha, splendid!

my favs: wtfstan, szwrkstan and (plain old) stan (central asian countries like tadjikistan and kirgistan/kirgizya), and thanksgiving meal (iraq?)

do you understand "jack sparrow" (somalia?) and mesoindia (indonesia? i thought "meso" means "upper.")
Saar, you are fully americanized going by your knowledge of Asia's geography. That place marked Satan is Iran, not the various -stans of Central Asia.
is that so? thanks, but i had said nothing about the place marked Satan.

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Post by Kris Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:04 am

Rashmun wrote:Asia according to Americans 402623_10101413622336425_12435978_69021281_1113973755_n


>>>> That's about the size of it. Smile I am not sure about Mesoindia and 'rascals' though. The terminology seems out of place.

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Post by Guest Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:49 am

Kris wrote:
Rashmun wrote:Asia according to Americans 402623_10101413622336425_12435978_69021281_1113973755_n


>>>> That's about the size of it. Smile I am not sure about Mesoindia and 'rascals' though. The terminology seems out of place.

--> rascals = Burma. no idea about Mesoindia.

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Post by Kris Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:53 am

I meant the terms 'rascals' and 'mesoindia' seem out of place in the context of american usage. Also, I doubt that Burma is something people are that much aware of.

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Post by Guest Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:39 am

Lots more here:

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