coffee_rules Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Bharot Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Bulgaria sound badass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sandeep Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, panther said: AfghanIstan Ghulamistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, velu said: Bulgaria sound badass the land of Bulgars .... I am not sure if the word Burglar was inspired by them Edited March 27, 2020 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 hours ago, zen said: the land of Bulgars .... I am not sure if the word Burglar was inspired by them burglar is a compound word from burg (city) and larceny (theft). It has nothing to do with Bulgaria. A more interesting question would be does the Italian luxury brand Bvlgari have anything to do with the word 'Bulgaria'? zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Just now, Mariyam said: burglar is a compound word from burg (city) and larceny (theft). It has nothing to do with Bulgaria. A more interesting question would be does the Italian luxury brand Bvlgari have anything to do with the word 'Bulgaria'? Was about to write about bvlgari.. I was thinking that you might write about Liechtenstein or Luxembourg Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) All the names of different places in Mumbai sound full tapori like. Kalyan, andheri, jogesgwari, dombivali, colaba, bhayandar.... I mean wtf is bhayandar? Edited March 28, 2020 by FischerTal Mariyam and OpeningBatsman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEng Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, FischerTal said: All the names of different places in Mumbai sound full tapori like. Kalyan, andheri, jogesgwari, dombivali, colaba, bhayandar.... I mean wtf is bhayandar? Colaba must be a Parsi inspiration since they have some of the weirdest names. FischerTal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 minute ago, MechEng said: Colaba must be a Parsi inspiration since they have some of the weirdest names. I think Colaba comes from 'Koli'. The original fisher-folk the Portuguese/British found there. FischerTal and MechEng 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I like the name “swaziland” too and Denmark FischerTal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEng Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Mariyam said: I think Colaba comes from 'Koli'. The original fisher-folk the Portuguese/British found there. Ah, I thought Colaba was a distant relative of Jeejeebhuoy or Madam Cama. FischerTal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, FischerTal said: All the names of different places in Mumbai sound full tapori like. Kalyan, andheri, jogesgwari, dombivali, colaba, bhayandar.... I mean wtf is bhayandar? Not to mention: Santa Cruz- Random Spanish sounding name. Khar- In Pashto it means donkey, or so my grandfather used to say. Wadala- Sounds like an order at an Udipi restaurant. Chunabhatti: Lime furnace? Pune has an outlying suburb called Pimple Saudagar. FischerTal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 50 minutes ago, diga said: Was about to write about bvlgari.. I was thinking that you might write about Liechtenstein or Luxembourg European names can be crazy. See the names of all those Welsh towns with repeating consonants: Llanfair, Crrymmbgyyllmb etc Its as if certain keys on the keyboard were stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Not to mention: Santa Cruz- Random Spanish sounding name. Khar- In Pashto it means donkey, or so my grandfather used to say. Wadala- Sounds like an order at an Udipi restaurant. Chunabhatti: Lime furnace? Pune has an outlying suburb called Pimple Saudagar. Pimple Saudagar....I lived there for 3 years. Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosingh Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I like Seychelles. India isn't a bad country name all. Sounds kind of exotic when one thinks of it from a non-Indian point of view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 U ganda or wot ? Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 If we're talking about city names then this one in Wales takes the cake ... Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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diga Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: European names can be crazy. See the names of all those Welsh towns with repeating consonants: Llanfair, Crrymmbgyyllmb etc Its as if certain keys on the keyboard were stuck. Meant the abode of billionaires Edited March 28, 2020 by diga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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