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Think back to when you were of elementary school age, were there any foreign countries that fascinated you just because of their names? ~

Posted - March 22, 2018
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  • 14795
    Utopia .......I actually live in that current State    ;)D 
      March 22, 2018 11:52 PM MDT
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  • 53509
    Hey, wait . . .

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      March 22, 2018 11:57 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Don't I always.   :(
      March 23, 2018 3:21 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Vespucciland

      March 23, 2018 12:10 AM MDT
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  • I remember being really interested in Kyrgyzstan. The more obscure a country was, the more interested in it I was. 
      March 23, 2018 12:19 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    Turkey.  I thought that was a joke.
      March 23, 2018 12:55 AM MDT
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  • 53509
    Lol!
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      March 23, 2018 5:32 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    Santa Monica. I thought that name just sounded magical. And yes, it was a foreign country to me. They had TELEVISIONS there!
      March 23, 2018 4:25 AM MDT
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  • 457
    Japan has always kind of fascinated me. My dad lived there for about a year and would tell me stories of the people and the culture. I like how vastly different it is from my own culture and I definitely plan on visiting one day.
      March 24, 2018 12:04 PM MDT
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  • 53509
    Was your fascination based primarily on the name of the country?  
      March 24, 2018 12:11 PM MDT
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  • 457
    I think so. It sounded kind of mystical and exotic/distant to me.
      March 24, 2018 12:18 PM MDT
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  • I hope you do manage to visit some day! I've been there many times and will be going back this summer to visit my mom's family. 
      March 24, 2018 12:17 PM MDT
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  • 53509


      I've been to Japan many times.  Was your fascination as a child based primarily on the name of the country, as I asked in the original post?
      March 24, 2018 12:19 PM MDT
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  • My fascination was based primarily on my Japanese heritage, though I did notice how my mom would call it "Nihon" and I didn't understand how they got "Japan" from "Nihon" (it was only later that I researched the origin of the name). 
      March 24, 2018 12:22 PM MDT
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  • 457
    Oh it'll happen soon, I think. Already putting money aside for it. I think it will be a graduation gift to myself. :P
      March 24, 2018 12:20 PM MDT
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