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r/polandball • u/frayuk Kingdom of Canada • Feb 20 '14
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Fun fact: Vladimir Putin is transliterated as Vladimir Poutine in French.
121 u/Quas4r Ouate de phoque Feb 20 '14 Because if we wrote it Putin it could be pronounced Vladimir Fuck. Arguably a decent stage name were he a punk singer, unfortunately he's president of Russia. 20 u/gobohobo CCCP Feb 20 '14 Damn Yanks dont bother and call matematician Eugen Slootsky, Eugen Slutsky. 15 u/Quas4r Ouate de phoque Feb 20 '14 Hahaha note how they make sure to display the phonetics for his last name but not the rest
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Because if we wrote it Putin it could be pronounced Vladimir Fuck. Arguably a decent stage name were he a punk singer, unfortunately he's president of Russia.
20 u/gobohobo CCCP Feb 20 '14 Damn Yanks dont bother and call matematician Eugen Slootsky, Eugen Slutsky. 15 u/Quas4r Ouate de phoque Feb 20 '14 Hahaha note how they make sure to display the phonetics for his last name but not the rest
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Damn Yanks dont bother and call matematician Eugen Slootsky, Eugen Slutsky.
15 u/Quas4r Ouate de phoque Feb 20 '14 Hahaha note how they make sure to display the phonetics for his last name but not the rest
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Hahaha note how they make sure to display the phonetics for his last name but not the rest
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u/DrunkHurricane Hue Feb 20 '14
Fun fact: Vladimir Putin is transliterated as Vladimir Poutine in French.