Why The Letter Q Has Only Been Legal In Turkey For 8 Years
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Turkish amusement parks must have been amazing 8 years ago, considering no queues were allowed
Fun fact, Erdogan is actually spelled Erdoğan with one of those extra letters they added. The ğ sound doesn’t exist in English so English speakers most commonly pronounce it like… w.
oh yes, I have found it, THE MISTAKE IN YOUR VIDEO. You said that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is the founder of Turkish Empire. But he is actually the founder of Republic of Turkey. SO GUESS WHAT? Now you have a material for your next mistake video.
"Learn the skills of paying my mortgage"
The part about Russian is the other way around: there's no "w" sound in Russian, so there's no letter for it. There is, however, a "w" sound in Belarusian, so there is a letter for it - ў
This video is based on bits and pieces. No one made decent research for it but i heard some friend style knowledge all of it.
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crazy how every natural language selected its entire phonological inventory by only using sounds they had already made letters for
No way he used Algeria's flag for modern standard Arabic, Algerian dialect is the furthest thing from standard Arabic 💀
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Comparing Atatürk and Erdoğan, saying Atatürk was racist and erdoğan loves democracy is like: comparing apple and cigarette, and saying "hey apple seed is bad for you, so apple is bad, cigarette gives you dopamin there for it is the greatest thing ever..
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Damn, I’ve only been legal in Turkey for 8 years
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Many writing systems are tailored for their languages. In Semitic languages consonants give the meaning while vowels are secondary, hence abjads. Usually impure, with hints for necessary vowels. Phonology may suggest a syllabary or an abugida. And so on. Tom Scott did a video (
The way you said “bebsi” is absolutely hilarious because you sounded like a guy from shoubra saying it
"Russians don't pronounce w because there's no letter for that". I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. Russian doesn't have a letter for w because Russians don't pronounce that sound.
You can't just call Ted Cruz the Zodiac Killer, it's too realistic. Mr. Freeze, maybe.
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