wiffleball 4,790 Posted October 9, 2007 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...mp;refer=europe Good. Because we really needed one more CF there. Which got me to thinking: Why do the call turkeys 'turkeys'? I mean, weren't they discovered here in America? Or did turkeys originate in turkey? Do you think the country was named after the bird - or vice-versa?? huh. I'm gonna be thinking about that all day now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungwater 597 Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah, when the Turk and Ottoman empire went at it, it was nothing but birds and foot stools.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,790 Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah, when the Turk and Ottoman empire went at it, it was nothing but birds and foot stools.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akaoni 0 Posted October 9, 2007 Turkey: 1541, "guinea fowl" (Numida meleagris), imported from Madagascar via Turkey, by Near East traders known as turkey merchants. The larger North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) was domesticated by the Aztecs, introduced to Spain by conquistadors (1523) and thence to wider Europe, by way of North Africa (then under Ottoman rule) and Turkey (Indian corn was originally turkey corn or turkey wheat in Eng. for the same reason). The word turkey was first applied to it in Eng. 1555 because it was identified with or treated as a species of the guinea fowl. The Turkish name for it is hindi, lit. "Indian," probably via Fr. dinde (contracted from poulet d'inde, lit. "chicken from India"), based on the common misconception that the New World was eastern Asia. The New World bird itself reputedly reached England by 1524 at the earliest estimate, though a date in the 1530s seems more likely. By 1575, turkey was becoming the usual main course at an English Christmas. Meaning "inferior show, failure," is 1927 in show business slang, probably from the bird's reputation for stupidity. Meaning "stupid, ineffectual person" is recorded from 1951. Turkey shoot "something easy" is World War II-era, in ref. to marksmanship contests where turkeys were tied behind a log with their heads showing as targets. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 366 Posted October 9, 2007 Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works That's nobody's business but the Turks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,491 Posted October 9, 2007 Istanbul was ConstantinopleNow it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works That's nobody's business but the Turks TMBG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heavy-set 39 Posted October 9, 2007 we invaded why cant they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nomad99 743 Posted October 9, 2007 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...mp;refer=europeGood. Because we really needed one more CF there. Which got me to thinking: Why do the call turkeys 'turkeys'? I mean, weren't they discovered here in America? Or did turkeys originate in turkey? Do you think the country was named after the bird - or vice-versa?? huh. I'm gonna be thinking about that all day now... If Syria attacked Turkey from the rear, would Greece help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,230 Posted October 9, 2007 Turks hate the Kurds, northern Iraq is nothing but Kurds, they gonna assrape them.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
