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Topic: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia? (Read 2067 times)

Bob

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The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

on: June 21, 2008, 01:45:52 AM

Yes. Brasilia.

And here's a wikipedia article to back that up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia

Is this really true? Did they rename and move their capital? I saw enough hits for Brasilia but it sounds like a nice joke too. (Is this just another example of dumbing down the standards? Rio de Janeiro? No, no. That's too difficult. Let's call it something else...)

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slobone

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Re: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

Reply #1 on: June 21, 2008, 07:35:08 AM

Does that show any less imagination than calling the capital city of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City?

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chopininov

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Re: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

Reply #2 on: June 21, 2008, 09:25:54 AM

Quote from: slobone on June 21, 2008, 07:35:08 AM

Does that show any less imagination than calling the capital city of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City?

It's about equal.

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mephisto

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Re: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

Reply #3 on: June 21, 2008, 12:00:18 PM

Quote from: Bob on June 21, 2008, 01:45:52 AM

Yes. Brasilia.

And here's a wikipedia article to back that up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia

Is this really true? Did they rename and move their capital? I saw enough hits for Brasilia but it sounds like a nice joke too. (Is this just another example of dumbing down the standards? Rio de Janeiro? No, no. That's too difficult. Let's call it something else...)

Every 5 year old knows this...

There is even a film called "I know what you did last summer" about it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119345/

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Bob

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Re: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

Reply #4 on: June 21, 2008, 10:52:17 PM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130018/

That's what I was watching. I STILL Know What You Did Last Summer.

I decided to check. They said Rio. I wasn't sure. Then I found the wikipedia page and doubted it. But there are a lot of links, so I'm guessing it's true. I don't think they put a lot of thought into that name.

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mephisto

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Re: The capital of Brazil? Umm.... Bras..il..ia?

Reply #5 on: June 28, 2008, 02:49:08 PM

The capital of Djibouti is Djibouti (city), the capital of Mexico is Mexico City, the capital of Guatemala is Guatemala city, the capital of Kuwait is Kuwait city and the capital of Tunisia is Tunis. Probably many others too.

The capital of Norway is Oslo