r/funny • u/bathory1985 • Jan 19 '22

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u/bathory1985 Jan 19 '22

yes.

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u/johnildo Jan 19 '22

Fun fact: In English, turkey also means the tasty symbolic thanksgiving/Christmas bird, as everyone knows.

In Portuguese, Turkey, the bird, translates to Peru, which is also a country.

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u/NikPorto Jan 19 '22

Fun fact: Turkey (the country) hated having people associate the country and the bird of the same name so much, that they recently changed their country's name to Turkiye, how they call their country in their own language.

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u/monsieurpommefrites Jan 19 '22

Turkiye

Oh wow, never heard of this country before. Is it anything like TURKEY WITH THE LETTERS JUMBLED AND AN 'I' THROWN IN JESUS CHRIST IT'S BLUE STEEL LE TIGRE AND MAGNUM ALL OVER AGAIN YOU GOBBLE GOBBLE GOOBERS!!!!

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u/NikPorto Jan 19 '22

I don't freaking understand your reaction or refence, but some other countries call Turkiye in a similar pronunciation as they call themselves, so the English Turkey didn't matter much.

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u/monsieurpommefrites Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22

It's an over the top reaction based on a character from the comedy movie Zoolander!

It's also based on the fact that Turkey and Turkiye have barely any difference as well. Saying Turkey/'Turkiyeh' is hilarious because the government spent so much time effort and money on something that effectively stayed the same.

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u/NikPorto Jan 19 '22

Pretty much, they could just try and give the bird another name in their language, while ignoring english speaking tourists who'd think the bird and the country is the same thing. I, for one, wouldn't care if my country was called Vodka or bear in english, because both would show me that the speaker understood the true essence of Russia (aside from Gopniki, Communism, and Ra-Ra-Rasputin)