Nations of the World
A little video from the Animaniacs TV show featuring a song about the nations of the world.
Funny how they sing “Germany now in one piece” — of course some things are outdated too, such as “Czechoslovakia”. Needless to say that “Yugoslavia” is also a thing of the past. These facts, by the way, date the song somewhere between 1990 and 1993, if I am not mistaken.
February 27th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I only remembered the Animaniacs episode with the 50 U.S. states — which is (of course) available at Youtube, too.
TV educates
February 27th, 2008 at 11:11 am
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.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:22 am
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!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
How could you overlook the German version of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2prJbWCBpM
“…und Deutschland ist euch ja bekannt”
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
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…