Men's Volleyball Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

But Niger is one of those countries one basically never hears anything about at all. It exists, outside of the knowledge of most people even, and that's it  It'd be so cool if a country like that qualifies in a team sport.

It’s the country that every commentator in the US fears 

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On 31/10/2019 at 06:06, rybak said:

And from this I bet , , ,  will qualify to Tokyo. I have no idea who will qualify from Europe, it can be anyone 

Don't know about the others,  may qualify from Asia/Oceania. I'm sure Iran will fail to qualify this time around. 

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hace 56 minutos, Fly_like_a_don dijo:

Don't know about the others,  may qualify from Asia/Oceania. I'm sure Iran will fail to qualify this time around. 

 

Iran will easily qualify, believe me, I've watched these teams too much. Australia can't do anything to them unless they allow it. 

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6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It’s the country that every commentator in the US fears 

Because they'd be too dumb to check the pronounciation and realize it's actually nothing - at all - like 'nigger'?

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23 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Because they'd be too dumb to check the pronounciation and realize it's actually nothing - at all - like 'nigger'?

In our middle school geography bee, everyone dreaded a question about Niger because you just know someone is blind to say it wrong. I’d also say that most white people wouldn't know that “word I won’t say cuase I’m white” has two g’s. Plus, It can be one of those things where you trick yourself into pronouncing it wrong because you’re so worried.

Edited November 17, 2019 by Olympian1010

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Just now, Olympian1010 said:

In our middle school geography bee, everyone dreaded a question about Niger because you just know someone is blind to say it wrong.

 

Sigh. Then someone doesn't know it, reads it as 'nigger' and gets kindly corrected by someone who says 'No, look, pronounce it like this'. Big whoop.

 

I hope they qualify, it'd be fun to see people explode out of their pantyhoses when someone accidentally says it wrong.

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Just now, heywoodu said:

 

Sigh. Then someone doesn't know it, reads it as 'nigger' and gets kindly corrected by someone who says 'No, look, pronounce it like this'. Big whoop.

 

I hope they qualify, it'd be fun to see people explode out of their pantyhoses when someone accidentally says it wrong.

Noting will be worse than when Germany plays Niger one day...the Twitter hashtag (per the normal model) would #NIG(you can pics it together from here)

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1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Noting will be worse than when Germany plays Niger one day...the Twitter hashtag (per the normal model) would #NIG(you can pics it together from here)

 

#NIGGER if it's in Niger, yes.

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1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

 

#NIGGER if it's in Niger, yes.

A Twitter nightmare I tell you. The best part is that most Americans will immediately assume Trump used the word, instead of the more innocent reason.

Edited November 17, 2019 by Olympian1010

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9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It’s the country that every commentator in the US fears 

 

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

In our middle school geography bee, everyone dreaded a question about Niger because you just know someone is blind to say it wrong. I’d also say that most white people wouldn't know that “word I won’t say cuase I’m white” has two g’s. Plus, It can be one of those things where you trick yourself into pronouncing it wrong because you’re so worried.

 

for those who might still have some doubts...

 

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/niger