CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoSweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerlandwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down110
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkSweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerlandwww.euronews.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·1 year agoAustralia Austria
minus-squareZeroCool@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·1 year agoBoth named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
minus-squareIgnacio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoWait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoGeorgia was, but not Georgia.
minus-squarejwt@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHey buddy, it’s pronounced ‘Jeorjia’.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoGeorgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoPreviously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
minus-squareIgnacio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoOne region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAnother region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.
minus-squareIgnacio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd people shouldn’t confuse Murcia with “Murica” :P
Australia Austria
Georgia Georgia
Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
Wait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
Georgia was, but not Georgia.
Hey buddy, it’s pronounced ‘Jeorjia’.
Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
Slovenia Slovakia
Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
Niger and Nigeria
One region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
Another region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.
And people shouldn’t confuse Murcia with “Murica” :P