Erm, San Marino is a country?

[wise_rita]

They have an entry in the EuroVision finals.

I have never heard of this place before.

Also: I would do the dude in the Icelandic band.

Do you have any poignant comments to make about the entries? NO SPOILERS, please!

[ktkl09]

Yes, San Marino is a country

[Deleted]

I have no comments on the entries... but yep, it's a Republic.

[dulcemariamar]

Yes, it is a country. I think maybe you are confusing it with Luxembourg, which is just a country that was invented by one of the IN nesties.

[irish]

May 25, 2012 6:40:56 GMT -5 dulcemariamar said:

Yes, it is a country. I think maybe you are confusing it with Luxembourg, which is just a country that was invented by one of the IN nesties.

Oooooo........ controversial!!!

[travelingturtle]

ha ha ha - luxembourg.

[Deleted]

Yep, in Italy. Like Monaco but Italian. As in, coastal, surrounded by the other country. The two places are probably nothing alike.

[Cheesecake]

San Marino is a country, like the US really (republic - republic, see, San Marino is totally like the US, much more than the UK or NL, or Luxembourg as those are Kingdoms/A Grand Duchy)

*ducks*

[wise_rita]

I have never heard of this place before!

I haz edu-ma-cation.

[Deleted]

My apologies If i'm missing something obvious but why do you all say that Luxembourg isn't a country?

Sorry for typos

[dpdw]

May 25, 2012 6:40:56 GMT -5 dulcemariamar said:

Yes, it is a country. I think maybe you are confusing it with Luxembourg, which is just a country that was invented by one of the IN nesties.

But do they have their own language? Sanmarinoish, maybe?

[Deleted]

No they speak Italian

[crimsonandclover]

The one I've always wondered about is Liechtenstein. I mean, is that REALLY a country?

[GilliC]

I once had to defend the existence of Andorra. A guy I dated refused to believe that it existed until I pulled up a map.

(And the Luxembourg thing is an old joke from when MouseInLux posted something funny on the Travel board and we were mock flaming her saying that "Luxembourg" was clearly someplace she'd just made up.)

[GilliC]

May 25, 2012 10:34:12 GMT -5 crimsonandclover said:

The one I've always wondered about is Liechtenstein. I mean, is that REALLY a country?

Barely. I think there was a challenge in The Amazing Race one year where they had to cycle across the whole thing. More than once. If you can cycle across it multiple times in a day, it shouldn't count as a country, right?

[lolo]

If you want to learn about more countries you've not heard of, you can 'name the countries in the world' on this quiz: www.sporcle.com/games/g/world.

[dulcemariamar]

The link didnt work for me lolo. Can you try posting it again?

[allibally]

May 25, 2012 10:34:12 GMT -5 crimsonandclover said:

The one I've always wondered about is Liechtenstein. I mean, is that REALLY a country?

May 25, 2012 11:51:13 GMT -5 GilliC said:

May 25, 2012 10:34:12 GMT -5 crimsonandclover said:

The one I've always wondered about is Liechtenstein. I mean, is that REALLY a country?

Barely. I think there was a challenge in The Amazing Race one year where they had to cycle across the whole thing. More than once. If you can cycle across it multiple times in a day, it shouldn't count as a country, right?

Barely. I made DH drive me to visit when we lived in Zurich. I said I had to see what is up with the place. It uses Swiss currency and the trains system is the Swiss one. There is no boarder control on the boarder between Switzerland too. Put it was pretty and we drove up the mountains. It was fun day trip. On the national day you an go to the castle court yard and your served wine to toast with the King.

[lolo]

May 25, 2012 13:14:48 GMT -5 dulcemariamar said:

The link didnt work for me lolo. Can you try posting it again?

Sorry 'bout that. The period got included in the hyperlink somehow:

www.sporcle.com/games/g/world