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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #214162 - 02/09/14 04:49 PM Countries with "K"   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water COUNTRIES THAT BEGIN WITH 'K'; A CURIOSITY Six countries have names that begin with the letter K, and each has a different vowel as the second letter: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #214169 - 02/10/14 01:03 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 olly old hand olly   old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand An yŏng ha se yo #214170 - 02/10/14 02:28 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: olly]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That one begins with an N or an S. Or either that or a P or an R. #214171 - 02/10/14 03:33 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 olly old hand olly   old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Yes, I'd just remembered that. I think Kiribati is a Republic as well. Formerly known as the Gilbert islands. Last edited by olly; 02/10/14 03:35 AM. #214172 - 02/10/14 07:09 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: olly]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska What happened to Korea? Oh, that's what you folks were talking about. Last edited by Tromboniator; 02/10/14 07:13 AM. #214173 - 02/10/14 07:17 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Republic of Kenya, Republic of Kazakhstan, etc. #214254 - 02/21/14 11:43 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 John Ansell stranger John Ansell   stranger Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 New Zealand Kiribati is pronounced Kiri-BAHSS, by the way. #214255 - 02/21/14 11:47 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 John Ansell stranger John Ansell   stranger Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 New Zealand On second thoughts, the emphasis should be on the first syllable: KIH-ruh-bahss. #214258 - 02/21/14 05:20 PM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: John Ansell]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water Welcome, John. Back during the Y2K scare (remember that?) Kiribati was the first to see the sunrise on the new millenia; at least that was their claim as they have a huge expanse of ocean territory near the date line. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 02/21/14 05:22 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #214274 - 02/24/14 12:08 AM Re: Countries with "K" [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 olly old hand olly   old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand There were several claimants to that title. Tonga decided to shift the dateline prior to the event and New Zealands east coast of the north island decreed that mt Hikurangi would be the first due to its elevation. Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,880 Posts224,653 Members9,045 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members DavidOrigami, RichEngle, Stosh2010, CarolWilliamson, Farscape07 9045 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 72 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 55 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 12 may2point0 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,879 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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