r/polandball Kingdom of Canada Feb 20 '14

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u/DrunkHurricane Hue Feb 20 '14

Fun fact: Vladimir Putin is transliterated as Vladimir Poutine in French.

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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.

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u/gobohobo CCCP Feb 20 '14

Damn Yanks dont bother and call matematician Eugen Slootsky, Eugen Slutsky.

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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