Comments on: Matt Lauer, what are you doing? http://lao-ocean.com/2008/08/11/matt-lauer-what-are-you-doing/ Travel often. Capture Life. Create Art. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:29:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: elgin http://lao-ocean.com/2008/08/11/matt-lauer-what-are-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-6445 elgin Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:26:39 +0000 http://lao-ocean.com/?p=893#comment-6445 On a related note <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/08/obama-pakistan/" rel="nofollow">, this is pretty funny.</a> On a related note , this is pretty funny.

]]> By: elgin http://lao-ocean.com/2008/08/11/matt-lauer-what-are-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-6444 elgin Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:23:42 +0000 http://lao-ocean.com/?p=893#comment-6444 It is a huge pet peeve for me when people use "Lao" instead of "Laos." And how about that summary: "It’s a communist nation, [and] a hub for eco-tourism.” LOL It is a huge pet peeve for me when people use “Lao” instead of “Laos.”

And how about that summary: “It’s a communist nation, [and] a hub for eco-tourism.”

LOL

]]> By: MinorityMilitant http://lao-ocean.com/2008/08/11/matt-lauer-what-are-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-5996 MinorityMilitant Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:27:26 +0000 http://lao-ocean.com/?p=893#comment-5996 funny, i was thinking the same thing when i saw it. i didn't think anyone would even notice, you know, cause there's not a lot of lao-ocean bloggers out there. good stuff. funny, i was thinking the same thing when i saw it. i didn’t think anyone would even notice, you know, cause there’s not a lot of lao-ocean bloggers out there. good stuff.

]]> By: Cat http://lao-ocean.com/2008/08/11/matt-lauer-what-are-you-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-5994 Cat Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:56:11 +0000 http://lao-ocean.com/?p=893#comment-5994 Yeah, this is one of those times where I think commentators' mouths get ahead of (or operate without) their brains. Naturally, country names in English (or any other language) are different than the names of countries in their native languages. This is true of almost every country I can think of. In Spanish, Spain is España. As you mentioned, in Italy it is Italia, etc. But you don't hear Matt referring to the athletes from 'Italia.' Yeah, this is one of those times where I think commentators’ mouths get ahead of (or operate without) their brains. Naturally, country names in English (or any other language) are different than the names of countries in their native languages. This is true of almost every country I can think of.

In Spanish, Spain is España. As you mentioned, in Italy it is Italia, etc. But you don’t hear Matt referring to the athletes from ‘Italia.’

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