Why are the dutchs called dutch in english, while germans are called german in english? As german in german means deutsch, but dutch in german means netherlandic. Remember of pennsylvania dutch. Called dutch but it is german origin. The speeling of durch sounds close to the spelling of deutsch. [Is there any relations between dutch and deutsch?]

America is named after Americo Vespugi, but who is [Africa and Australia] named of? Btw is it random that the name from 4 of the 5 continents start with the letter “A”?

Do you have an idea why is it called [Mother Russia or Motherland Turkey, but most countries have the term Fatherland]?

I would like to request the word [russian] ; [police] ; [pistol] ; [rifle] ; [gun] ; [paratrooper] ; [Aspirin] ; [tatoo] ; [snob] ; [viking] ; [letter] ; [love] ; [computer] ; [Blueray] ; [chewing gum] ; [moron]

Thank you. :mrgreen:

Yes, CK, nightmares are very à propos when Halloween time comes, with all these disguises, costumes, false and misleading appearances, etc… etc… And a great truth of life is that the older you get, the less sexy you become. You can hold on at sixteen for as long as you can if you like, but you obviously can’t do it all your life. However, let it be known that it is not the case for intelligence in most cases. If you brush away senility out of the picture to simplify the following consideration, intelligence is left unaffected by aging. It may actually be like a good camembert, getting better and better as years fly by, although there are no existing formal proofs of the preceding consideration.

To conclude, I wouldn’t worry too much about Marina. She seems to be a very intelligent person, and will surely find someone or something to do.

“Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.”
– Virgil, talking about Lucretius

You invented Hersheys chocolate. In england we call that “dog chocolate”

I meant that… Hersheys is disgusting.
As is american blend tobacco, but really.. Does anyone here like Hersheys?