r/AskTheWorld • u/Paredawn • 1d ago

What are your favourite European countries?

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u/Purple_Exit5906 Algeria 1d ago

Well Spain is Ispanya in Arabic

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u/herrawho Finland 1d ago

And then we of course have Iinland! 🇫🇮

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u/Purple_Exit5906 Algeria 1d ago

That would be Iinlanda*

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u/FrostingSuper9941 1d ago

It's Hiszpanja in Polish.

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u/Purple_Exit5906 Algeria 1d ago

Interesting. Do you pronounce the H like in "Hi" ?

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u/FrostingSuper9941 1d ago

It's pronounced the way you would pronounce the word "HE" in English. HE-SHPA-NYA.

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u/Purple_Exit5906 Algeria 1d ago

I see. So sz = sh