In Arabic the word for oranges is bortuqal, which comes from the name of the country Portugal, of course oranges aren't native to Portugal they're native to south east Asia and us nafris brought them to Portugal and Spain but I find it very cute in our lingo they have the name of Portugal.What do my portugoose friends think of this neat little factoid?
>>216015849Bell peppers are called Bulgarian peppers in Russian.Anyways, why the fuck are turkeys called that in English?
>>216015888Because Spanish people are retarded.
>>216015932Oh, wait. Turcs and Caicos… I’m starting to get it. India = Turkey = America.
>>216015849>us nafris brought them to Portugal and Spainmaybe the portuguese brouthgt them to you
>>216015849same here but they are not 1 to 1 sameportekiz = portugalportakal = orange
>>216016256I don't know who fucked who more honestly, did you fuck us more than we fucked you or it's vice versa?
>>216016301what do you mean by that
>>216015849In Italian buckwheat is called "Saracen wheat"
>>216015849There's a town in Portugal called Tunes brah
>>216016443we have a city called beja as well
>>216016443Cute!>>216016320There's a lot or turkishness in Arabic culture, and there's a lot of arabicness in Turkish culture. Which one has had more influence on the other?I don't mean to say I don't like turkishness and I view it as inferior, absolutely not, your culture is one of the best, one of the top five in the world.
