FUN FACT: "Peru" is actually the Portuguese word for turkey (bird), while the country Turkey is translated to Portuguese as "Turquia" a word that does not mean turkey (bird), or anything else really except being the name of that particular country. So to both Portuguese and English native speakers, there is a country in the world named after that particular bird, except it's not the same country.
more fun facts: Turks call the bird a 'hindi' bird... an 'Indian' bird because it originates from India. Europeans called the bird after the country Turkey because that is where Europe's turkey birds were imported from. thanks for sharing the interesting Portuguese twist 👌🏼
funfact, the bird modern English calls turkey has nothing to do with turkey. the turkey is a new world bird it never lived in the old world particular in turkey or India. but the bird which originally was called turkey is now called guineafowl. it got his name because it was imported into Europe through turkey from numibia (~Tunisia). the Europeans started calling the new world bird turkey because it looked similar. so yeah that's fun
Some finnish lessons: Turkey in finnish is Turkki which also means fur, The capital of Turkey is Ankara which also means harsh Peru in finnish means cancel, The capital of Peru is Lima which means slime And as a bonus: Poland in finnish is Puola which also means "a cross piece in wooden structure" I think rung is the correct word in english, The capital of Poland, Warsaw, is Varsova in finnish which means "an animal that is giving birth" And Norway is Norja which means something like "young and flexible"...
The UK; if your country is missing some valuable antique, chances are it's on display here. Greenland; the one that's really icey. Iceland; the one that's really green.
Except Iceland is actually extremely grey almost everywhere. Especially compared to its little brother, the Faroe Islands, which do not share a ruler with a 3000-year-old North African kingdom.
Greece. a country where financial institutions are treated like crockery at a wedding - not with care, but smashed on the ground, covered in petrol and set on fire
I'm sad my country didn't come up, but also kinda glad it didn't. 😅 I can imagine it going something like this: "Austria ... where the only child to be put in a cellar should've been baby-Hitler."
Not sure if I should be disappointed or proud that somehow for the first time in history, Belgium was mentioned multiple times when the Netherlands wasn’t.
My American History teacher was “from the UK’... not only did he teach me more about American History than the textbook could, but he kept me awake with comments like, “When we lost the civil war... no, not that one, ...”
It's brilliant when a teacher can make you interested in their subject. I had brilliant maths teachers in high school, as well as an amazing head of maths who would always talk to me if he saw me on the corridor, who are the ones who encouraged me to take maths and further maths at a level. The only subject it doesn't work for with me is drama, because no matter how good the teacher is, there's two parts about drama that stops me from liking it: performing infront of people and group work.
@@lisahenry20 yup performing in front of people sucked, I stopped going to drama and music classes after I kept being laughed at and booed off the stage
There are three civil wars that teacher could be referring to: the American civil war; the American Revolutionary War (when America was part of the British empire); or the English civil war.
Some of my favorites: AUSTRALIA: Not just the country where Russell Crowe lives, but really, the Russell Crowe of countries. CANADA: Basically five hockey rinks surrounded by bears. IRELAND: a country with a slightly higher population than the Dropkick Murphys, a.k.a. Europe’s Boston. ISRAEL: Drama wise, the opposite of Canada. NEW ZEALAND: The country whose major form of transportation is bungee jumping. RUSSIA: The country that will continue to be funny until it suddenly isn’t, a.k.a. Earth’s Death Star. UK: The only two letters that will provide more iciness and bad food than DQ.
Thanks for this! I love how eloquent the jokes are. Could you do one of just the random insults he does on people? This show has the greatest insults without heavy cussing and where you have to think about it to hurt (e.g. “you sentient blowup doll”, “you unused cufflink”, “you muppet reject come to life”)
@Maria Kelly No need. Our national anthem praises some ones german blood. And I don't see why a person who is an object of worship should share the worshippers nationality. That would be confusing with global religions.
My best tries: South Africa - Africa's idea of the temperate zone. South Africa - Roger Federer's second favourite mother country. (Sorry, Roger, couldn't resist) South Africa - the country you think about so little you didn't even notice this isn't South Africa, this is a RU-vid comment.
@@Molybdaenmornell excellent Sir! Amazing how often he uses the same joke. Very hard to misplace South Africa on a map, but I have seen many people do just that
Crimean Tatars definitely have nothing to laugh about under Russian occupation, because since Russia first annexed Crimea in the 18th century it killed, transported and discriminated them to the degree that they are now the minority in their own land and constituted only 12% of the population before Russia annexed their land again in 2014 and again started persecuting them. The man on the picture probably survived Stalin’s 1944 Deportation of Crimean Tatars during which thousands died so his face is a testimony of the history of his people not the bad conditions of living. I’m writing all this not to criticize John, I like him and always watch his shows. But to inform people who may not have the real picture behind this joke. ps to the Kremlin bots who will congregate to my comment about Crimea: kiss my Ukrainian bootey, you amoral mothereffers.
I am sure they laugh every day like us too. Over-interpreting and inveighing enemies won’t protect your people from getting slain. Either can you allies, nor can your dandy ideology, just don’t lose the war next time.
Jesus, they went through a lot, it's sad when people are so oppressed they become the minority, lots of respect to tartars and ukranians, it must suck having Russia as a neighbour.
@@raining_macondo I think it's a bit more complicated than "don't lose the war next time" especially against a powerhouse like Russia, it's not only because of war, it's the oppression of the occupying country. The aborigines in Australia weren't all killed in a war, they were discriminated, segregated and had their children stolen bc the whites wanted them to assimilate. The tartars were sent away from their homes and were discriminated against. Wars aren't easily won and aren't the main cause of oppression.
I visited Ukraine twice, in 1988 and 89. From Kiev to Odessa, to Uzhgorod on the Western border, it was a beautiful country with wonderful people. It breaks my heart to see what Russia is putting it through now.
Here's a better one, -Turkey, the country that tried to fit in with Europe, gave up halfway through, and switched to trying to fit in with the middle east -Turkey, the least middle eastern middle eastern country -Turkey, Europe's Australia -Turkey, the scandinavia of the middle east (These are all jokes, Turkey is a cool country, I actually like it a lot and find it interesting)
There are even worse German bedtime stories. Like "Aschenputtel" (Cinderella) where one stepsister cuts of her toe and the other her heel because their mother forces them to do it because she wants one of her daughters to become the new queen so she herself can be considered royal. At Aschenputtels/Cinderella's wedding with the prince doves pick out the stepsister's eyes because they had tried to lie
LOL. If you google "where is the "Come at me bro statue" you get one guess what photo appears.....Congratulations Mr. Oliver, you've renamed Christ the Redeemer.
One of my favorite countries is Costa Rica and I never hear anything bad about them. they don't even have a military, they abolished it and put the money into education and healthcare. No one seems to bother them. It's a great culture which is more feminine in nature, more nurturing, kind. Pura Vida. And extremely beautiful. I heard it would be hard to wage any kind of war in CR because of the impossible terrain. Part of the amazon rainforest in there, volcanoes, mountain ranges, etc. Bad roads.
@@Guizambaldi Amazing. And I don't think they want to make a big deal out of it. There are already so many American ex-pats there that CR is about to burst. THe housing market is through the roof. But other than the tourism industry, the people of Costa Rica are amazingly kind and very distinctive from Americans.
New Zealand 10:23 - even after John promised he would never speak about us again - 😂🤣😂 (plus ironic he hassles our beloved kiwi - he was asked just last week what was his favourite bird - his response - flightless ones)
More like New Zealand: That country where they filmed Lord of the Rings, nothing else has ever happened there, but it's still more than enough reason to travel there and have a great time.
Switzerland, the guy that steals everyone's stuff and sells it back to them Switzerland, the conspiracy theorist of Europe that is way too prepared for the apocalypse
My takeaways: 1. John has a gripe against the United Kingdom 2. South America is a giant Guess Who board 3. Apparently Tonight with John Oliver fans are Turkish, always cheering when he got to Turkey
"North Korea, the earth's Florida" good one. The USA needs to do something about FLA. It's always making trouble for the rest of the whole damn country. They don't understand voting and always screw things up and make the rest of us wait endlessly. Besides, I think it could detach easily and be its own country. They don't have state inspections on cars, so they're off to a good start.
As someone who moved to Florida 5 years ago, I completely concur. I live in the best part of it and I’m still convinced it should be sawed off and left to drift into the ocean
My John Oliver fix! Just watched your stand up routine 😂 Please come to Ruth Eckart Hall in Tampa! You are safe, your white 😮😂😂😂 I would buy that first ticket
@@larrybuchannan186 come to Oslo and Amsterdam with a world map and ask 100 native Norwegians and Dutch where Bolivia is. (Not tourist's) and do the same in Washington DC
@@kjellhl1975 The same result happens in both Oslo and Washington DC. Neither americans nor Norwegians know nothing about world geography except for few countries. I promise you more Norwegians are incredibly styoopi with respect to geography They know nothing Most Europeans know nothing about geography. They just know about their neighboring countries and they know US, Canada and China Other than that, most europeans don't know anything. They are incredibly ignorant. I'm saying this out of personal experience Now I' give you an exercise. Do it now. Call your Father right now, don't give him any hint about anything, and just ask him directly - what is the capital of bolivia?I promise you he wouldn't be able to answer. I don't know anything about your father, but I know how incredibly styoopi the europeans are. And I promise you your father wouldn't be able to answer what the capital of Bolivia is. Now do the same thing to your mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin etc I promise you most people wouldn't be able to answer. Some probably will but I promise you most won't. I know how dum the europeans are dude.
Canada is actually 7 hockey rinks surrounded by bears Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs Winnipeg Jets Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Vancouver Canucks Come on John get it right
Possible names for the missing Canadian Hockey teams of the other provinces and territories: The Whitehorse Nuggets The Yellowknife Slaves The Iqaluit Eskimos, The St Johns Waterdogs, The Charlottetown Mussels, The Halifax Scotsmen The Fredericton Fundys
After just watching your presentation on rents in the US, I'm so happy I am Canadian and live in Canada. The same goes for your presentations on US healthcare
I’m an English barrister called Killian Garvey (Google me for proof). I’m convinced that John Oliver would make a great barrister based on his ability to communicate and argue
