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Am I the only one who finds it funny as hell, the latest CRT trend to correct the spelling of Colombia (not ColUmbia)? The irony is, most (not all) of the guys doing so speak horrible Spanish. What is that expression about people in glass houses? So, how about this; until you actually speak the language well enough to consistently use the past tense (Phuck it, preterito o imperfecto), the present and the future (either), you STFU and stop correct other monger's Spanish?

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That's pretty ironic. Could you tell me what the words languge,consistanly and ntil mean?

What about the grammatical error in the sentence above? Should it not be CORRECTING?????

Are there any English majors out there? I know, I am not good in either language.

I don't think this is anything more than venting.
The OP can commit spelling and grammatical errors in multiple languages.
So what?

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Thank you for getting the point, this is the fun stuff section, no? My point, which the others seem to have missed, is that it is silly to correct the spelling of others on a mongering forum, and that this is one error that guys have jumped on, who cannot often not form one spoke sentence in Spanish.

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Sorry I just cant help myself........ I think it should have been "Spoken"

I did get your point and I did think it was funny. Should have made that more clear.

Kinda like threads that go on and on for a 100 posts on "If it is safe to walk 10 blocks at night" ???? Or "how much should I pay a taxi???"

Some days it is kinda fun to watch some of the boys grind up the smallest details then complain about dust.

Absolutely nothing meant by my corrections. Just being a smart a$$. I do live in the glass house. I am the wrost at spelling and proper grammer. GOD Bless spell checker!!!!!!!!!!

Ouch... now that was funny!

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Smart ass is fine- especially here on CRT!

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The thing is, "Columbia" isn't Spanish at all, but the feminine version of "Columbus", which in turn is the English form of the name of that certain (in)famous explorer.

What I'd like to know is if the Costa Rican colon was named after the Spanish form of Columbus, then where does "Colombia" come from? Is it a case of Spanish being translated to English then back into Spanish?

The name Colombia has its origin in the name of the explorer who discovered America, Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, Cristoforo Colombo in Italian):
"Colombia's name references the explorer Christopher Columbus. The
name was conceived by the revolutionary Francisco de Miranda as a
reference to the New World, especially to all American territories and
colonies under Spanish and Portuguese rule. The name originally
belonged to a short-lived republic consisting of present-day Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama (see Great Colombia). This republic
collapsed in 1830 when Venezuela and Ecuador separated, and the
Cundinamarca region which remained became a new country, the Republic
of New Granada. In 1863 New Granada changed its name officially to
United States of Colombia, and in 1886 adopted its present day name:
Republic of Colombia."

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Ah, it's from the Italian form, which is what I suspected. So, a Spanish country with an Italian name!

There is a town in Tennessee named Bolivar.
It is in honor of Juan Simon Bolivar.
There is even a statue of Bolivar in the town square.

So how do the natives pronounce it?
Ball-ah-ver

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Cut and pasted straight from Wikipedia:

About the Costa Rician Colon and interestingly enough, ColUmbus....

The colón (named after Christoffa Corombo, known as Christopher Columbus in English and as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish) is the currency of Costa Rica. The plural is colones in Spanish, but English speakers often say colons instead. The ISO 4217 code is CRC

Colombia is named after the world famous Lieutenant Columbo.

One day, he drove his 1950 Peugeot with his basset hound down thru central america into present day Colombia.

the natives were so taken by his supposed gullibility, that they named themselves and their land after him.

as an aside, Lieutenant, is his proper first name.

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Cali dude just one more question?