Comments on: Nations of the World http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-120015 Fred Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:23:59 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-120015 Ah, the German version is nice, too! I am also impressed that it rhymes. That's obviously not usually the case when something is dubbed... Ah, the German version is nice, too! I am also impressed that it rhymes. That’s obviously not usually the case when something is dubbed…

]]> By: Zach http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-119712 Zach Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:25:47 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-119712 How could you overlook the German version of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2prJbWCBpM "...und Deutschland ist euch ja bekannt" How could you overlook the German version of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2prJbWCBpM

“…und Deutschland ist euch ja bekannt”

]]> By: Jabba http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118617 Jabba Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:22:45 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118617 Wow, nice one Fred. Usually I'm a grammar/spelling Nazi (too soon?), but I honestly thought that a Capitol referred to both the city and the building, but indeed Capitol only refers to the building and Capital is the correct word for the city in which the building is located. Sacramento is the Capital of California, Salem is the Capital of Oregon, etc. Indeed orthography for the win! ;) Wow, nice one Fred. Usually I’m a grammar/spelling Nazi (too soon?), but I honestly thought that a Capitol referred to both the city and the building, but indeed Capitol only refers to the building and Capital is the correct word for the city in which the building is located. Sacramento is the Capital of California, Salem is the Capital of Oregon, etc. Indeed orthography for the win! ;)

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118614 Fred Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:11:20 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118614 I just noticed that the "50 states" episodes asks for the fifty states and their <em>capit<strong>o</strong>ls</em>... I take it they mean <em>capit<strong>a</strong>ls</em> instead? Orthography for the win ;) <a href="http://justindow.com" rel="nofollow">Justin</a> just sent me a link that explains it in more detail (thanks!): <a href="http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=550777" rel="nofollow">Capit<strong>a</strong>l is the main government city in a state or country, while Capit<strong>o</strong>l is the building in which the main government business is performed.</a> They are not interchangeable. I just noticed that the “50 states” episodes asks for the fifty states and their capitols… I take it they mean capitals instead? Orthography for the win ;)

Justin just sent me a link that explains it in more detail (thanks!): Capital is the main government city in a state or country, while Capitol is the building in which the main government business is performed. They are not interchangeable.

]]> By: Jean Pierre http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118612 Jean Pierre Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:44:33 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2008/02/27/nations-of-the-world/#comment-118612 I only remembered the Animaniacs episode with the 50 U.S. states -- which is (of course) <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=sNUDDaEOvuY" rel="nofollow">available at Youtube</a>, too. TV educates ;-) I only remembered the Animaniacs episode with the 50 U.S. states — which is (of course) available at Youtube, too.

TV educates ;-)

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