Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
On his opening speech for Mediterranean Games, our prime minister said "Akdeniz is called White Sea in English". We refer to the Mediterranean as White Sea (Akdeniz), but obviously the rest of the world doesn't.
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Well, it could be worse. He could do like Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (or his speech writer): On an official visit to Portugal, he was talking about the differences and similarities between our two countries, and mentioned how Norway lies by the harsh Arctic sea whereas Portugal lies by the "warm beaches of the Mediterranean"
