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Post by venceremos on Jun 2, 2022 20:34:40 GMT 1
"Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks ...." And they're from Turkiye now, not Turkey (should be an umlaut on the u but I don't know how to do that on a laptop). I don't yet know how it's pronounced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61671913
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Post by Trewbloo on Jun 2, 2022 20:39:57 GMT 1
Turk - e - Yay or something like that :-) I will ask my Turkish friends when I see them next week.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 2, 2022 21:51:35 GMT 1
Türkiye When you have no idea how to put the dots on top you just copy the word Then there's the old joke: Constantinople is a very big word - spell it. (Answer I T).
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jun 2, 2022 21:52:20 GMT 1
I am confused what the traditional choice of poultry at Christmas will be after this! Perhaps chicken Kiev will be more apt anyway.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 2, 2022 21:56:36 GMT 1
I am confused what the traditional choice of poultry at Christmas will be after this! Perhaps chicken Kiev will be more apt anyway. By Christmas I'm hoping it's Chicken Kremlin whose goose is cooked.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Jun 2, 2022 22:17:48 GMT 1
I am confused what the traditional choice of poultry at Christmas will be after this! Fun fact; in Portuguese, the word for turkey (the meat) is "peru".
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Post by Pilch on Jun 2, 2022 23:45:56 GMT 1
I am confused what the traditional choice of poultry at Christmas will be after this! Fun fact; in Portuguese, the word for turkey (the meat) is "peru". in peru chicken is pollond 😜
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Post by davycrockett on Jun 3, 2022 8:40:43 GMT 1
I am confused what the traditional choice of poultry at Christmas will be after this! Perhaps chicken Kiev will be more apt anyway. Too late now Chicken Kyiv 👍
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Post by The Clash 1966 on Jun 3, 2022 9:00:31 GMT 1
"Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks ...." And they're from Turkiye now, not Turkey (should be an umlaut on the u but I don't know how to do that on a laptop). I don't yet know how it's pronounced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61671913 No more Turkish delight on a Saturday night.🇹🇷
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jun 3, 2022 9:04:55 GMT 1
Before we laugh too much, if you don't already know, try telling some Juan who is French speaking you come from "Salop".
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Post by martinshrew on Jun 3, 2022 10:02:26 GMT 1
Their currency is on its arse, was 8x the £££ when I went a few years back, looks like 20x now.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jun 3, 2022 10:18:15 GMT 1
Their currency is on its arse, was 8x the £££ when I went a few years back, looks like 20x now. Odd really. Every property has solar panels, the place is warmer anyway, so they should benefit from not having to buy too much expensive oil and gas.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Jun 3, 2022 10:38:25 GMT 1
It's an interesting situation and definitely one the UK needs to be looking at.
Think Turkish inflation was something like 12% when this all kicked off in 2017/18. Massive current account deficit and Erdoğan meddling with the central bank to prevent interest rate increases needed to bring inflation back in line, avoid capital flight and ensure Turkey (or should i now say Turkiye?) could refinance its debt.
At one point fairly recently rates hit 20% over there then the currency plummeted again when it was cut to about 15. Compare and contrast with our situation where pushing it up half a percent has people panicking and the suggestion it should go up to 3% the other day was met with outright panic in some quarters.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jun 4, 2022 9:03:51 GMT 1
Before we laugh too much, if you don't already know, try telling some Juan who is French speaking you come from "Salop". lavatory humour at its best !
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jun 4, 2022 9:15:01 GMT 1
It's an interesting situation and definitely one the UK needs to be looking at. Think Turkish inflation was something like 12% when this all kicked off in 2017/18. Massive current account deficit and Erdoğan meddling with the central bank to prevent interest rate increases needed to bring inflation back in line, avoid capital flight and ensure Turkey (or should i now say Turkiye?) could refinance its debt. At one point fairly recently rates hit 20% over there then the currency plummeted again when it was cut to about 15. Compare and contrast with our situation where pushing it up half a percent has people panicking and the suggestion it should go up to 3% the other day was met with outright panic in some quarters. it is a source of concern and our massive debt does not help ,equally have a goverment incapable of long term strateigic planning; but turkey's president Erdogan went on a massive spending spree on the back of an economic boom the boom was not sustainable much of Turkey's economic growth came from government spending and lending that favoured the construction industry. As a result production continues to depend on imports and the economy is at the mercy of currency fluctuations. Turkey's national currency has plummeted 45% against the dollar this year resulting in sky rocketing inflation hten we have had hte russian invassion of ukraine. this link gives a snap shot of some of the problems facing turkey but it is out of date as it is December 2021 www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59487912
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Post by block12massive on Jun 6, 2022 8:58:47 GMT 1
To try and reclaim the thread from the politico bores spending their bank holidays talking shop, I've never understood why countries call themselves one thing but we call them another.
I recently returned from 'Cabo Verde'. The country was allegedly renamed in 2013 although I had no idea of this.
I understand a simple translation such as 'Cote D'Ivoire' to Ivory Coast, but if we can bring ourselves to say Indonesia or Kazakhstan, why can't we just call them Deutschland or Italia?
Something to ponder on this drizzly Monday morning.
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