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Less than 8% of French youth unemployed! | 42 comments (42 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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the Italian name for Germans

(Tedeschi)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:34:11 PM EST
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I once heard that Espana comes from some Farsi or Arabic word, isbâan, meaning "rabbit" ... thus "the country of rabbits" which apparently even Spaniards sometimes use too, but I've leave this to Migeru (ie: "el pais de conejos" ??)

Something to do with either their penchant for sex, or for their reproductive ratios, no?

by Alex in Toulouse on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:38:24 PM EST
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España comes from the Latin Hispania.

Folk etymologies, schtymologies.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:46:29 PM EST
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Awww, I liked the sexual connotations of the other etymology!

by Alex in Toulouse on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:50:18 PM EST
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