Is "The Argentine" an alternative way to say "Argentina" (the country)?

I ask because the dictionary at school lists these two as synonyms, while several other dictionaries don't.

My recent post on the hilarity of mistaking Iran and Eye-Ran as two different countries seemed to take a bit of an unexpected turn. The post turned into a forum for debating the "correct" pronunciation of Iran and Iraq in English ( Read more... )

Does anyone know how the seven continents got their names?

(Tenuous link to last post)

Can someone please explain to me the (historical?) reason(s) why "Kansas" as in the state of Kansas, and as in the state of Arkansas, are pronounced so differently? I'm English so I don't know if there is a well known explanation in the states.

Thanks in advance!

I'm not sure if this post really belongs here but I figure it's the best place to ask ( Read more... )

Since my husband and I share a computer, we often write drafts LJ entries in Word or Notepad to finish and post later. We don't always get around to posting them.

I was cleaning up the desktop, and came across the following very, very brief beginning of a post.

Context: The word América in Spanish [can't vouch for any other languages, though I ( Read more... )

Interesting.

How would you pronounce 金武In my Okinawan book, a town named "Chin" is mentioned. The Japanese name is "Kin" and it gave the kanji, 金武 ( Read more... )