Indefatigable
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re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 6:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Seems like the latter had just always been the accepted pronunciation for ENGLISH SPEAKERS. Why isn’t everyone now saying FrAHHnce?
Because there’s an ongoing situation that may have led to Ukraine pushing their domestic pronunciation and spelling as opposed to the Russian one.
I hereby demand that everyone refer to Bratislava as Pressburg because damnit that’s what grandpappy’s geography teacher taught him in 1940.
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re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 6:11 pm to Hangover Haven
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Qatar in now "Cutter"
That’s always been the pronunciation, and a you problem.
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Kiev in now "Keev"
It’s not. Once again, us using the Russian instead of Ukrainian spelling historically is an us problem. And it’s still not KEEV. It’s KEY(if)
re: Rubio just brokered the Israel-Lebanon Peace Treaty
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 6:07 pm to BoarEd
Yea I know, super neat security areas handed over to Lebanon’s functionally nonexistent military. Peace and love forever.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 2:47 pm to Barstools
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non English nation does not get to determine what English speakers call them in the English language.
No one is telling you that you have to use it. But FIFA does, because Turkey asked them to
re: Rubio just brokered the Israel-Lebanon Peace Treaty
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 2:14 pm to BoarEd
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ell us you didn't read the post without telling us you didn't read the post.
Is Hezbollah a signatory?
If not, don't care.
re: Rubio just brokered the Israel-Lebanon Peace Treaty
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 2:08 pm to MrLSU
Nothing the Lebanese government agrees to matters. Hezbollah isn't going to abide by it, and neither are the Israelis in turn.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 2:05 pm to BTROleMisser
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Wrong.
Nope. Mexico has approx. 100 more miles of coastline on the Gulf than the US does. The US has WAY more barrier islands, coastal inlets, etc than Mexico does on the Gulf, so the AI sentence you quoted doesn't make any sense.
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Most of the geographical area of the gulf is surrounded by U.S. coastline.
Again, no.
But lets get back to talking about how stupid your take on Turkey's name is.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 1:59 pm to BTROleMisser
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No shite, Sherlock. WHY?
Everyone. Literally everyone in the thread, has told you the answer.
You're ignoring it and insisting on taking the absolutely insane position that somehow "they" are being woke or that this is some sort of DEI thing.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 1:58 pm to Barstools
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They are pandering to the muzzies. They are called Turkey in English, and thays what they should be calling them.
Either call every team by their native name or call them all by their English name. But this retarded pandering needs to stop.
Turkey indeed gets to decide its own name in international bodies. No one outside of Turkey implemented the change. There is no pandering. Its how they choose to be presented in English for the international organizations they belong to.
The Czechs just did the same thing, as have many other nations over the years. Slovakia, Eswatini, and to some extent the Ivory Coast uses its French name much more broadly in English ,just to name a few.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 1:55 pm to BTROleMisser
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Mexico is part of the North American continent, is it not? Is there more gulf coastline in the USA or Mexico?
So, based on the answers to those two questions alone, I can at least understand why the name change.
Mexico has more coastline on the Gulf than the US does.
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What is the reasoning for Turkey?
They wanted the English version to more closely reflect the Turkish pronunciation and spelling. It really isn't complicated, and there is no woke angle to it whatsoever.
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 1:54 pm to BTROleMisser
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What's the reason for the change?
Turkey wanted it to change.
re: Judge declares mistrial of Palisades Arson Suspect.
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 12:52 pm to GooseSix
Deadlocked jury
re: Anything more ridiculous then watching Stephen A
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 11:58 am to nicholastiger
Yes, listening to his two hour political show on Sirius XM :lol:
re: Asylum for white British
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 11:47 am to KingOfTheWorld
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Maybe Scots. The rest of British men are pussies.
The Scottish are the most cucked people in the British Isles.
re: Asylum for white British
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 11:46 am to genro
Why, so they can move over here and vote Democrat?
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 11:20 am to tarzana
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Turkiye--pronounced toor--KEY--yuh
Unfortunately, ESPN is insisting on saying Turkey-Yay
re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 11:19 am to tarzana
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Whatever happened to Chechniya
They were subjugated.
re: 15yr old murdered in Southdowns
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 8:30 am to TulaneUVA
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truly over weed, another reason why it just needs to be legalized.
It’s not going to be legal for 15 year olds in any event.
re: 250th Celebration Thus Far...Opinions?
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/26/26 at 8:29 am to soccerfüt
Even the fleet stuff was woefully unadvertised.
re: When is everyone starting their 4th of July rewatch of John Adams?
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/25/26 at 10:56 am to The Godfather
TURN is awesome as well for the Revolutionary War fix.
re: Judge Don Johnson spends an hour proving how fricking retarded he is
Posted by Indefatigable on 6/25/26 at 7:56 am to udtiger
He, his brother, and his niece are a scourge on the 19th.
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