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Where in the world?

Simon on 09 Feb 2008

Language and Quiz questions | Comments (7)

7 Responses to “Where in the world?”

1. pittmirg on 09 Feb 2008 at 10:08 pm #

   Looks Mediterranean-ish… Let’s guess: Dubrovnik, Croatia (language: Serbo-Croatian).

2. d.m.falk on 10 Feb 2008 at 12:29 am #

   I’d say Dubrovnik, too- Was my first thought, but… I’ve been wrong before. :P

   d.m.f.

3. Giovanni 'Prestige' on 10 Feb 2008 at 6:31 am #

   Lisbon (language: Portuguese).

4. TJ on 10 Feb 2008 at 8:34 am #

   I have to guesses here about the languages …
   Greek
   Portuguese

   although it can be Italian maybe or French, but I don’t have a feeling that it is in Italy or France!

5. renato figueiredo on 10 Feb 2008 at 10:24 am #

   The constructions, specially the church, in the middle of the photo are Portuguese style. So, The country is Portugal, language Portuguese, but I don’t know which city is.

6. Simon on 10 Feb 2008 at 6:39 pm #

   Giovanni got it - it is indeed Lisbon (Lisboa), the capital of Portugal, where they speak Portuguese.

7. Ronald Kyrmse on 12 Feb 2008 at 2:12 pm #

   Sorry to correct you, Simon, but “Lisboa” does not have a tilde over the _a_, as you spell it (**Lisboã). I understand the temptation to do so, given the frequent occurrence of _ã_ and especially _ão_ in Portuguese. ;-)