Wednesday, August 28, 2013

7 Words in Turkish (3 of 7): Whale

Whale=Balina........the blue whale would be 'mavi balina.'

This reminds me of the time I saw a Greenpeace activist, dressed as a whale, protesting in front of the Japanese embassy in Washington, DC, which is right across the street from the Turkish embassy.

http://www.greenpeace.org

http://www.visitjapan.jp

http://www.goturkey.com

For the Norwegian word for whale, check out our sister "Politics, Culture and Other Wastes of Time" (link below)

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