Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7997594)

CBC TV news have just described Istanbul as the capital city....

Did the Turks get bored with Ankara?

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 7997688)

Who wouldn't? I've been to Ankara. I got bored.

The capital of Australia is?
The capital of Brazil is?
The capital of Germany is/was?
The capital of Canada is?
The capital of The Netherlands is?

Many people would get those questions wrong.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7997718)

OK, without googling

Canberra cigar
Brasilia cigar
Bonn not any more
Ottawa most folk would say Toronto
Utrecht? Even the Dutch can't make their minds up. Don't confuse them further.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7997718)

OK, without googling

Canberra
Brasilia
Bonn
Ottawa
Utrecht?

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7997756)

Den Hague, innit?

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 7997770)

<Pedant Hat on>

Mixing languages there, dbd. The Hague in English, or Den Haag in Dutch.

<Pedant Hat off>

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7997761)

Turns out that there was no need to stress that, was there:p;)

Originally Posted by Deva (Post 7997788)

and the point of this thread is......

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7997793)

ooo you,

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7997804)

:D
I've spotted a couple of "facts" in that bastion of journalistic integrity "The Times" that were clearly wrong recently.

Did you know that hair model, "actor" and French former footballer David Ginola, was , according to the times, the voice of Jacques the shrimp in "Finding Nemo"? No?, neither did he, because he wasnt!

Kids today eh!

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7997756)

Den Hague, innit?

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 7997827)

I think it is. Most of the govermentalising gets done out of Amsterdam, though. Utrecht doesn't figure. That's OK. I don't think Batty is all that much into cigars.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7997833)

I liked Utrecht though I had a unfortunate experience there trying to explain that I wanted to purchase something a man doesn't need to a woman who didn't speak English.