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Re:Portuguese Orange, Persian Portugal by mig39 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:48PM (#38451103)
"Portugal" is what you call oranges in some Arabic dialects as well. I have a Moroccan friend who refers to me as an Orange, because I'm Portuguese :-)
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Re:Portuguese Orange, Persian Portugal by selimthegrim on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:59PM (#38451227)
What does he call the band?
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Re:Portuguese Orange, Persian Portugal by lopis on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:20AM (#38456530)
The band is not particularly popular in Europe.
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Re:Portuguese Orange, Persian Portugal by Off on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @09:11PM (#38454585)
In Algeria we call Oranges "tchina" instead of "برتقال" which is funny because the Orange back then originated from China!
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