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Re:Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs by StavrosK on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @05:03AM (#4416569)
Why do people misspell Colombia like that all the time?
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Re:Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs by pessimizer on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @08:04AM (#4416905)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

Because in English, that second 'o' in such an awkward place would obviously become a schwa, and because the country's namesake is spelled with a 'u' in English, too?

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