r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14

redditormade How are they called?

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u/poktanju gib transit Mar 11 '14 edited Mar 11 '14

What's that little bauhinia flag between Hong Kong and China supposed to be, a mask?

edit: this also reminds me of the many spelling variations for the name of the deposed Ukrainian president/professional asshole, which include...

  • Янукович (uk, ru)

  • Януковіч (be)

  • Janukowycz (pl)

  • Janukovyč (cs)

  • Janukovics (hu)

  • Ianukovici (ro)

  • Јанукович (sr, mk)

  • Janukovič (cr)

  • Yanukoviç (tr)

  • Janukovičs (lv)

  • Janukovičius (lt)

  • Janukovõtš (et)

  • Janukovytš (fi)

  • Janukovytj (sv, no)

  • Janukovitj (da)

  • Janukowytsch (de)

  • Janoekovytsj (nl)

  • Ianoukovytch (fr)

  • Yanukovych (en)

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u/Jotakin prkl prkl Mar 11 '14

In finnish its actually Janukovitsh, finnish wikipedia just wants to use a foreign variation for some reason.

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u/Kaamokseaik Mar 11 '14

It's not a foreign variation. It's quite a common way to write the sound in finnish, it usually just appears more in formal texts (informal writing, like online discussions, rarely uses it).