language plus country

beija-flor   Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:44 pm GMT
Armenian > Armenia
Lithuanian > Lithuania
Maltese > Malta
kuros   Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:00 pm GMT
Italy > Italian
Portugal > Portuguese
Greece > Greek
Guest   Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:40 pm GMT
Polish -> Poland
Swedish -> Sweden
Russian -> Russia
George   Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:51 pm GMT
what a stupid thread...
Dexter, boy genius   Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:07 pm GMT
Stuuuuupid, stuuuuupid, stuuuuuupid thread.
papillon   Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:59 pm GMT
Beauty is never stupid!

France > FRench
encore   Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:12 am GMT
Dutch>The Netherlands/Belgium/Suriname/Netherlands Antilles.
beautiful   Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:34 am GMT
There are indeed a lot of beautiful places to visit:

Spanish > roadsides in LA where the unemployed illegals and narcos stand
French > aid-infested slums of sub-Saharan Africa
English > cultureless, soulless suburban trailerparks of Detroit
Russian > abandoned, dilapidated, shampoo-vodka-drinking ghost towns of central Russia
Portuguese > favelas of Rio
Hindi > inhabited open sewers of Dehli
Italian > garbage-lined streets of crumbling mafioso infected Naples
Chinese > poor, shoddily built, earthquake levelled Sichuan
Japanese > seedy red-light hentai infested districts of Tokyo
German > local neonazi headquarters
Pashtun > local square where Shari'a law executions and lashings are carried out
Haha   Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:41 am GMT
Here is the best:

France > Spanish
Spain > French
blanch   Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:09 am GMT
Here is the best:

Italy > Italian
Greece > GReek
bali   Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:08 pm GMT
Turkey > Turkish
@   Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:56 pm GMT
>>Turkey > Turkish

LOL!!!
PARISIEN   Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:53 pm GMT
Some languages more than others seem to be closely associated to specific landscapes and climates.

In the German speaking area, the more you go South and the higher the elevations. Thus the winters are equally harsh over the whole territory.

Spanish has a specific affinity with dry high plateaux: Castilla, La Mancha, Mexico, altiplanos (Bolivia, Peru, Chaco), mesetas etc.

Italian awakes images of picturesque hills with pines and cypresses and olive groves, from the Lake of Garda to Naples. Sometimes you wonder why the language is not spoken in Istria and Dalmatia, who reproduce archetypical Italian sceneries (hey, actually, it used to be spoken there).

French: wide green plains and woods, not really flat but not very hilly either (and unpredictable weather).

English should be associated with the somewhat rainy English nature, but thrives remarkably well in semi-deserts (USA, Australia, South Africa).
kio   Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:34 pm GMT
Italian > Italy
fa   Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:57 pm GMT
>>Turkey > Turkish

LOL!!!

Why?? Turkey is a wonderful country, I've been there and I liked it a lot.