Talk:country
False Etymology
[edit]This article attributes the "cunt__". The root of the term "country" to the Latin word contra (meaning 'against') when in fact it derives from the Old English cunt signifying motherhood or the yanni; Country literally means "motherland."
- in a similar vein, the last definition "(vulgar, countable) The female genitalia, especially the vagina." seems suspect. I've never heard it used that way and the example given is a 1980's song lyric "Would you like to go for a ride in the country with me?". Reading the lyrics in context I don't think it means that and a euphemism is also not a definition. This sounds like a joke. Akeosnhaoe (talk) 06:18, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Athletic Competition
[edit]Why in the commonwealth games do England and Scotland compete seperately and not as the United Kingdom? Could a state in Australia or Canada compete seperatley? Why don't they now. If England and Scotland etc are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations how can they compete independently in the Commonwealth Games?
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Hebrew
[edit]ארץ (in the sense of "country") is "aretz" only when it comes after prefix, as in הארץ (ha'aretz - the country) or בארץ (ba'aretz - in the country); Otherwise, "aretz" means "earth" (in physical sense) and "eretz" means "country". As for the stresses: the stress in the word "ארץ" (in both senses) comes in the first syllable. In the word "מדינה" (medina) the stress comes in the last syllable. Liso 17:39, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Former independent nation?
[edit]Currently the second definition given is "A former independent nation state (e.g., England or Scotland)." No other dictionary I've consulted claims this definition, and no example is given. Can anyone cite a reference where "country" is used of e.g. the modern England or Scotland? Is it being used as an inaccurate synonym for "nation", which is what England and Scotland formally are? And does this definition implicitly include a continuing political identity for the former independent nation state, or would Yugoslavia qualify? 83.44.173.231 10:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Primary meaning?
[edit]Don't you think that the primary meaning here is an area of land, with a nation secondary to that?Redddogg 04:33, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
- Also missing are expressions such as "the north country" and the like. Redddogg 19:51, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
In a given country where military operations or other coordinated activities are ongoing: “He'd been in country a month longer than the other four” (Nelson DeMille). --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense "female genitalia", added by User:Akeosnhaoe, who left a comment on Talk:country#False Etymology. – Jberkel 09:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- To be clear, the disputed sense was added by a different user. Akeosnhaoe’s role was to question it, writing that it “sounds like a joke”. The lyrics of “Hey Bobby” contain phrases such as “four-wheeled beauty” (as the text makes clear, the first car owned by the speaker), “ride a little ways down 299”, and “park in the shade”. Thus, the cited snippet “Would you like to go for a ride in the country with me?” clearly refers to an invitation to join the speaker on a literal car ride. In no way does it attest this euphemistic sense. --Lambiam 15:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- During the obligatory Shakespeare phase of English classes, a classmate remarked on what in modern English would be a pun when Hamlet asks Ophelia "Do you think I meant country matters?" Vox Sciurorum (talk) 15:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- It was a pun in Shakespeare's time, and he did it deliberately. But that doesn't mean that country means "cunt". —Mahāgaja · talk 18:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- Can I delete it? The lyrics are completely irrelevant. Akeosnhaoe (talk) 08:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- It was a pun in Shakespeare's time, and he did it deliberately. But that doesn't mean that country means "cunt". —Mahāgaja · talk 18:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:26, 4 April 2021 (UTC)