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It was kind of a joke for us in school. Coming from India, hungry and Hungary sound same. I still do not know if it is pronounced different.
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Yes there is a difference - there is no 'a' sound in hungry.
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Ok, so is it pronounced as hung-gary?
I know what to expect in response.
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Nope it's MADGE-AH-OR-SAG.
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There was an article recently about how to annoy a Hungarian and that was second after refusing to drink.
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Yes! :PunchTheAirSmiley:
1st again!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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If you were a veggie, you'd get another top 5 slot with that.
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"Hungary's really has no cause to be as violent as it is. There was no war for independence on the horizon. No foreign invader was occupying their homeland. "
Well clearly the author hasn't done his homework. Himnusz was written in 1823. At that time Hungary has been under Habsburg occupation since 1686. Before that the turks were controlling most of the terrotorries since 1541. The hymn contains 300 years worth of sorrow, sadness and yes, violence. Also 25 years after it was written was the year Hungarian Revolution of 1848 broke out, just 4 years after Erkel Ferenc composed the music for Himnusz (which is the version used to this day).
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d@nish wrote: I am surprised that #2 is on the list and it is totally against the stereotype.
Many French people were shocked too, who did not know the lyrics, when at the 1998 World Cup opening ceremony the full anthem was sung in the stadium.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: French people were shocked too, who did not know the lyrics
French people who did not know the lyrics ? Or French-speaking people ?
Apart from a bunch of silly soccer player (excuse the redundancy here), who in France does not know the lyrics of our national anthem ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Its a great anthem, the most blood curdling of them all, it is, superb.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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My opinion too. Much better than the anthem of Spain which unfortunately has no lyrics at all. Do they mumble when they win or protest ? 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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My wife started a new online business selling clockwork eggs.
She isn't making a lot, but enough to keep her ticking ova.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Did she chose to do this or did you egg her on?
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It's a bad yolk...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Look at the sunny side, it wasn't as bad as other yolks around here.
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Are you too chicken to come up with a new pun?
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That was a fowl blow!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Sorry my thoughts are scrambled, I om letting myself do too many things at once.
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I'm sure you poached those as well.
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I would be whipped if I didn't.
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Aw, come on. Mrs D D is a good egg.
/ravi
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And I hear she has such beautiful eggs.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well, that explains your avatar... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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