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| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5809 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 17 of 64 30 April 2009 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
Are you sure? Cūku gripa Edited by MäcØSŸ on 30 April 2009 at 2:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Nikop Triglot Newbie Finland Joined 5837 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Finnish*, Swedish, English Studies: Russian | Message 18 of 64 30 April 2009 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In Finnish sikainfluenssa
In Swedish svininfluensa Edited by Nikop on 30 April 2009 at 2:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Olekander Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5883 days ago 122 posts - 136 votes Speaks: English*, French, Russian | Message 19 of 64 30 April 2009 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In Xitsonga lawa ma twisisanaka or simply Flumbongawonga
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| JS-1 Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5983 days ago 144 posts - 166 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), German, Japanese, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic (Written) | Message 20 of 64 30 April 2009 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Irish: Fliú na Muc
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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 21 of 64 30 April 2009 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, but as I just returned from Mexico yesterday I have to add that over there they call it "influenza porcina" or just "influenza". And here in Spain the new name "nueva gripe" is starting to be introduced as well. Apparently the name "new flu" is being recommended by EC authorities. And the code name H1N1 can also be seen in some of the news. Edited by Hencke on 30 April 2009 at 5:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5898 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 22 of 64 30 April 2009 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In Flanders the name is Mexican Flu and in Wallonia Swine Flu. I think that swine flu's a bad name, and Mexican Flu
is better, or H1N1 the best one. This one's a mixture of swine, bird and human flu anyway, and it's usual that a bird flu has to go via pigs for infect the humans. It's weird that in Egypt they killed many pigs, absolutely bizarre. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5898 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 23 of 64 30 April 2009 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
"Nueva gripe" is just stupid. all things are new when they're new. That the transmission in humans is from/via pigs is absolutely not new. This mutation's new, but new every day or month. They can call it, for example H1N1-2009. This is how I would call it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5898 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 24 of 64 30 April 2009 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Or, I just thought, they can copy the hurricanes' system and give it a name for example Flu James, althouhg nobody
want that it's her/his name, of course. Kenski Flu would be appropriate hahahaah!!! (It was a joke) I think that the best is H1N1-2009 or other label like this. Mexican Flu's acceptable because the patient zero was there. or.. American Flu. Mexico's in the american continent, and before it was a flu called "Asian Flu". or---maybe if those Egyptians think that the solution is to kill all the pigs, they better kill all the Spanish-speakers also, because the most terrible flu was the Spanish Flu 1918-1919 and in Spain and Mexico they speak Spanish. And, not to forget all the birds because this flu has some birds' flu in, and then all humans because it contains human flu as well. Of course, this comments aren't serious, but it's *very* annoying when there are stupid reactions, or people think that you can get the virus when you eat some porc. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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