Hungarians Howl as American TV Bink Blanks on Budapest

I'm with Pestiside on this one. There are pig-ignorant people all over the world willing to display their lack of (what should be) common knowledge -- this isn't just an American phenomenon. I once was asked by an otherwise well-educated Frenchman if "Canadia" was a US state, or a territory, or some other such dependency. WTF?

Anyhoo, I've had enough with self-satisfied Europeans and Australians and Canadians (especially Canadians) clucking smugly to themselves about the dumb Americans.

Signed,
Sean C. Jordan,
Self-loathing Canuck

Same conclusions in my blog: how many many U.S. states or state capitals could the average Hungarian Aunt Mari from Mucsaröcsöge name?

BTW: the local version of the show runs on TV2 (NOT RTL Klub).

Peter

All true, there are stupid people everywhere.
However, the emphasis should be on the part where she thought Europe was a country, and France was not. Not knowing the whereabouts of Budapest could be counted as a "minor offense" :)
Also, I thought the director of the show was very ignorant when he started making jokes about what women like to hear, etc...
So, all in all, I thought the whole show was ignorant.

Fair comment, Pestiside. Can any non-Hungarians say they have never once for a second confused Bucharest, Budapest and Bratislava? Americans may be insular, gun-toting religious nuts (I generalise, you understand) but don't misunderestimate how smart they are. Or they will bomb you.

All of the above is incontestably true, and we can establish beyond any reasonable doubt that a) not all Americans are dumb, b) a lot of Hungarians are. I would probably even go as far as to say most people are dumb, regardless of nationality, I am very open-minded in this respect (and no, I don't count myself among the reasons that would justify the continued existence of humanity either).

But for the love of gods, “Hungary, as in I’m hungry”?! Hand on heart, who has never been brought to the brink of homicide by “If you’re hungry, you should eat Turkey!” at least once?

Despite all our flaws, it's still always a blast to laugh at Americans, especially as a Canadian because we are engaged in the constant back and forth piss taking.

FayeFaye: "I would probably even go as far as to say most people are dumb, regardless of nationality..." Isn't that like the old gag about the kids all being above average? Plus, dumb compared to what? Tree sloths?

Compared to our potential. In the eyes of history. The great scheme of things. That sort of stuff. What is the old gag about the kids all being above avarage?

I figured you meant that... The old gag is from "A Prairie Home Companion," a popular (but really annoying) radio show that purports to broadcast from a small (imaginary) midwestern town where "all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." What's really stupid, however, is that in the US today all the children really *are* above average, because school scores have been rendered meaningless by "grade inflation" - and because teachers will never tell a parent that their kid is anything less than average, even if they are dumb as a box of rocks, as said parents would likely launch a lawsuit. My hatred of this sort of idiocy is why I made fun of your post, even though I knew what you were trying to say. :)

When I was living in Budapest and Hungarians would start to go off to me about dumb Americans, I liked to ask them quickly to name all the countries that border Hungary. Not knowing the capital of Michigan is one thing (and to be fair, most Americans probably couldn't get that one either), but you might be surprised to find how many Hungarians miss at least one of those (seven) countries.

It is idiotic, but isn't everyone happier for it? Just look at the bubbly blonde (who is probbaly more contented than the 500 commneters on index put together) or tree sloths, for that matter.:)

is it fair to say intelligence is over-rated and values (open-mindedness, dignity, sympathy, fairness) are under-rated? Honestly, who gives a sh*t what the capital of Michegan is - if you need to know, then look it up. Humiliating blondes on TV for a lack of geographical knowledge is just circus fun - schadenfreude - and serves to reinforce our own feelings of superiority, no? I wouldn't even be so generous as to say 'most people are dumb', I'd say we're all dumb as rocks - just differently.

I think now knowing of countries and capitols are not nation-dependant. For me, here in Hungary USA is a very faraway thing, though I know some states and cities, I can't name all of them with capitols and such.

The problem is that if someone display his/her ignorance, and how does he/she handle a question like this. I think I would be ashamed in a situation like this.

And I like to add finally, the kid did know the right answer - as it is a 4th grade question - so what do we talkin' about here (in Hungary. Not Hungry)? :)

I think most Hungarians know that Canada and Mishigun are states though, right?

"the people who are now cackling about how dumb Americans are may actually be even, you know, dumberer"

So, you saying people shouldn't say average Americans are dumb because there are dumb people everywhere ? Well, thing is, you'd be quote right to say so. But thing is, there are places where people's reaction to such situations is generally a don't-care one, while at other places people would be fairly ashamed to not be able to answer an elementary grade geography question. And even if being dumb, that itchy topic about Europe and France being whatever... yeesh.

[from ZöPö] "Same conclusions in my blog: how many many U.S. states or state capitals could the average Hungarian Aunt Mari from Mucsaröcsöge name?"

Yo, hold your horses. She isn't an aunt noone, she's a young girl/woman, about in the age interval where average knowledge shouldn't be totally washed out from an average brain, neither should the lack of knowledge be taken so lightly and "blondly". I mean, seriously, would you consider her as a girlfriend ? (I mean besides the obvious looks :)

Other than that, the whole show is about showing subjects to the audience that they can laugh their asses off about, so I'd say this one was a particularly good choice :)

Before Hungarians get on their high horse about some vacant, yet charming, blonde bimbo, I'm old enough to remember getting my fill of a certain vacant, yet charming, blonde Hungarian bimbo named Zsa Zsa Gabor who was probably the media template for the Paris Hilton/Anna Kelemen types of being famous and not really able to do anything well but be an exaggerated personality suited for vacant medias to display. ($50 if you're able to name a movie Zsa Zsa was in without looking on the web!)

Anyway lexical knowledge is secondary, but most of the americans are ignorant and dumb. Luckily they are not the most ignorant and dumb. These ones are the french.

I am a hungarian math teacher. I am sad that the most of the hungarians are SO STUPID - and we are so PROUD of our knowledge! and as i see, we'll be worse soon! if we save money on education we wont be educated! that's so simply!

I appreciate the remark about Michigan. I'm from Michigan, and as I was reading the first part, I thought that the Hungarians I meet never even know where Michigan is. Forget the capital. They barely even know where the Great Lakes are. Besides give them a map of the U.S. and have them find Washington D.C.

Y'all are missing a very important point: the dumb blonde in the clip is not as dumb as all that: at least she knows her limitations. A truly dumb person - Hungarian, blonde or otherwise – would have answered "France" or whatever, and their favourite charity would not be getting the $25 thou on offer. So good for her.
Much as we all love Erik, it has to be said that pretty much everything he says here is wrong.
1. There is no equivalence between ignorance of the capitals of US 'states' and ignorance of the capitals of countries. Only American parochialism could imagine otherwise. Nobody outside the countries in question knows the county seats of Hungary, the capitals of the provinces of Canada, of the prefects of Romania, or the states, provinces – I'm too ignorant to know what they're called – of Mexico. With no knowledge of what's outside your borders, you have no knowledge of the world around you. Basic geography might not be much in itself, but it's the beginning of a wider understanding.
2. The kid isn't so annoying really.
3. Faye's comment that "I would probably even go as far as to say most people are dumb, regardless of nationality..." isn't like the old gag from the (actually quite wonderful) "Prairie Home Companion" about the kids all being above average. It's more like saying "most people are more than five feet tall".

Michigan is a great state, by the way.

I think the problem is not the fact she didn't know about Hungary. It's a small country, maybe she hadn't heard of it. The real problem is she thought Europe, a full continent from where her ancestors came from is a country, and people there speak french there. I couldn't name all the states of the USA or the capitals of them and I don't expect everyone to know where Hungary is, but everyone should know at least what's Europe is. And yes, the little boy knew it, which could mean the education know is better than 15 years ago, maybe in 15 years time every american will be such a genius as he.

Vladimir, Zsa Zsa had a cameo at the beginning of "The Naked Gun 2 1/2." I'll be expecting $50 from you soon. ;-)

you asslicking scum still watched it jew bastard

Hey!
Before throwing stuff on each other about common knowledge and capitals, you shall remember a couple of things that MAY NOT be in all history books, regardless of being read or not:

1. Hungary is not really an authentic name for Magyarország. Magyar is the people, they ain't got nothing to do with the Huns, they were 'neighbors' on the fields of Asia long before they came to Europe.

2. Hungarians possess the longest trackable cultural history on the planet, the earliest of written culture, the evidence is not even public beacuse someone in the world would feel a bit uneasy if the pulic would know about this. The Americans (or the Brits?) should give it back now.

3. The Hungarian language is proven to be the most difficult to learn - and the most sophisticated in terms of description and expressing feelings. So much about the bonding of language and culture. If you don't believe, ask a linguist.

There are dumb people just about EVERYWHERE on the planet, and hell yeah, a portion of Hungarians are awfully stupid. However, we still possess the greatest cultural heritage of all. Unfortunately, there's a collective party of the US and the EU that are determined to slowly erase the Hungarian culture - and I still haven't figured out their purpose yet.

America is a wonderful place - only there are too many of those people there, who, you know, infiltrated the 'new world', waged wars for oil and more power, defeated the nazis and immediately resurrected Israel, etc. If they control the Great Nation of Weapons, who would say 'no' to them? End of story.

Man in the mirror, I am apalled that you should taint yourself with this inferior language. You should stick to the culturally and emotionally superior magyar in the future, surely it is the only medium that can truly express your enlightened views! This knowledge is precious, only fit for the ears of level seven shamans, who have passed their turul taming exams, do not squander it so cheaply!

Baromarcú!

"2. Hungarians possess the longest trackable cultural history on the planet, the earliest of written culture, the evidence is not even public beacuse someone in the world would feel a bit uneasy if the pulic would know about this. The Americans (or the Brits?) should give it back now."

What kind of stupid conspiracy shit is this? This has to be willful satire or something.

Erik,

You gotta do something about allowing html in the comments section. It is impossible to quote text and not get it mushed up with my witty commentary.

Albert Einstein did not remember his own formula for relativity, you all know the E=mc2 (the 2 being the power of 2, a bit hard to show here).

Why? Because he could look it up in any decent textbook. He was, though one of the few in the world who could actually understand and explain what it really meant.

So, why do you need to remember anything that you today easily can find on the Internet?

And how many of you, so smart guys out there (no girls invited to this thread?), can by heart name all the capitals in Africa and Asia, or even countries?

So what is intelligence? Repeating, like a parrot, from a textbook or being able to explain what is happening in a process?

Right on Viking!

Is this a bad time to say I thought she was quite cute? Her accent stirred something in me that hasn't been stirred in long while! Woof, woof!

man in the mirror, it is some scythian religion you were trying to spread? As a Hungarian (ok, Magyar, if it fits for you better), I don't think that there is a conspiracy about hiding our heritage and culture. Ok, our people are originated from Asia, and we are not that close to the finnish-ugric line as it is said, but there is a 1200 years of cultural and genetical mixing inside us... :)

Anyway, Great Lakes are on the borders of US and Canada, and I were reading a lot about it :)

I have only one question:
In any American film if anyone travels to Europe, it's always France. Why?

OK, that's why it was a question, not trivial for an american. But she didn't even know that Europe was not just a country! :) And that is horrible.

Well, if you could only visit one European country, wouldn't you? But what about the Roman Holiday...or Hostel?

Sadly, Man in the Mirror is not a lonely conspiracy nutter with broadband and a laminating machine in his basement, there are so many people in Hungary these days who proudly share his views. But organised religion isn't a bad idea, maybe we should establish our own exportable brand of crazy, the Scientologists are doing well!

Ahmet, because this is the only country they can identify. Another interesting issue : Americans and Canadiens I spoke to, they dont know french actors.

that's a friggin white trash country singer we're watching for god's sake. i bet she doesn't even know that slavery is abolished. and also, man in the mirror, with those 'facts' mentioned you made yourself as dumb as one can get.

Well i'm hungarian. I think it isn't the end of the world if a person living on another continent doesn't know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary. This is a (in present days) very small "dinkey" country with soo many people proud to her history.
Absurd :
In the WW2(till the nazis forced him to give the power to the national socialists) Hungary was managed by Horty Miklós rear admiral. In that time Hungary had no coastlines.

all the comparisons i've read here so far were just dodgy (a little bit)
you simply can not compare Hungary to Michigan, even if both Goulashland and Water-Winter Wonderalnd have cca. 10 million inhabitants, there are major differences though
-the first and the most important difference is that Hungary is a country, while Michigan is just a state (no offense, but it really isn't a country)
-consequantly, there is no Michiganese language, no Michiganese culture and there are no Michiganese restaurants in Hungary, while i bet that there are a few Hungarian restaurants in Michigan (just google it)
-Lansing has 120.000 inhabitants, Budapest has 1.8 million
etc. etc. etc.

it's not the size, that matters, really
and by the way, there's no country that i've just never heard about
really, not a single one on Earth (even if i had troubles with the capital, or maybe even the continent)

"1. Hungary is not really an authentic name for Magyarország. Magyar is the people, they ain't got nothing to do with the Huns, they were 'neighbors' on the fields of Asia long before they came to Europe."
The word Hungary/Hungarian comes from Byzantine historians who had confused the Magyars with the Onogur-Turks (at that time the two tribes wandering together). So the whole Huns-Hungarians thing is a misunderstanding of a misunderstanding. Not that it really matters anyway; Germans in Hungarian are called "német(ek)" the origin of the word being "néma" (mute - Hungarians not being able to understand German), Italians are called "olasz(ok)" (if anybody knows the origin, please let me know), and I know no Germans or Italians who would be offended by that, so just be cool about it.

who cares if the girl's got brains? I'd let her ride my bone pony anytime. And that, quite frankly, is what matters here.

One point I think everyone is overlooking is that we Americans, as a whole, like to watch people who look or act stupid on TV. I guess that maybe it makes them feel smarter (even if they don't know the answer either). The most important thing in the TV industry are the ratings. High ratings make advertisers want to buy commercial time on that program. This leads to trying something different to attract a bigger audience. I personally don't watch that show and would much rather watch the History Channel or the Discovery Channel, where there is a chance that you could actually learn something. Some Americans are stupid, some are incredibly smart, but I don't think that their IQ is directly linked to their TV watching habits.

Z: As for whether American states can not be compared to countries in the whole "you didn't know x, you doofis" sweepstakes, I totally disagree. This is because US states have far more independence than provinces in most countries, and, in the form of the National Guard, armies bigger than many countries. And that's not even to mention size and relative importance. California ranks among the top 10 economies of the world, has a population the size of Poland's, and otherwise is fucking big enough that knowing its capital (Sacramento) is at least as important as knowing that the capital of the Gambia is Banjul. And I say this as someone who has actually *been* to Banjul, which, as I recall, had not a single traffic light.

Europe is too complicated for an American to understand.

Sorry Erik, but you're wrong on this one. Sure, the U.S. is the 900-pound gorilla tap-dancing about the global stage. And what with U.S. pop kulture and muscle flexing, we (the world, collectively) may know more about the States than about any other single country. But when all is said and done, no one gives a rat's ass about specific details of where the gorilla's spleen and kidneys are. No matter that the gorilla's spleen is bigger than the ferret (Hungary) dodging those size 153's: as a separate and independent entity from said gorilla, it is only right that the rest of us are going to weight that magyar ferret as a tad more relevant/noteworthy/important overall than that big fat spleen.

that said...

1. Anyone laughing up their sleeve over the dumb blond should be forced to name the capitals of a dozen completely random small countries before claiming bragging rites.

2. Anyone making a more tortured analogy than I did up there with the gorilla and all that should probably be banned from using the innernets.

3. 4 out of 5 dentists agree: man in the mirror should stop pulling facts out of his ass.

First, this is a TV show, pure entertainment, it has nothing to do with facts, science, or the real world. And even if it had anything to do with it, it's just one blond's lack of knowledge. So what? Funny, eh? Yes, it is. That is its purpose. It says nothing about the Americans, the Hungarians, the Turks, or the French.

Second, stupidity, as I see it, is universal. So much so that if Martians exist, I am more than certain, stupid Martians must also exist.

ZöPö, November 28, 2007 14:57
aunt mari shouldn't know all the american states,because of the fact she attended only primary school.
but this irritatint bitch is probably an attendee of a university , and will get a degree although she still doesn't know if europe was a country.
(sry for my bad english, hope u understand my point of view.)

Hülye amcsi PICSA!!

My question is do american have to learn about the whole world at school or they just have to memorize the presidents and other shit related to american 500year history wich is quite short. As I know mainly they learn facts and stories of their own country and the knowledge they learn on the rest of the world is soo poor. I mean in primary and secondary schools. Maybe I'm not right dunno:s If it's true I'm not surprised on the fact that people don't know european capitals there.

The sad thing in this video that if she was asked on the capital of afghanistan, iraq iran or serbia I bet she couldn't answer the question also. Though american citizens killed civilians in thoose countries in the recent years:(:( A citizen of a country wich drop bombs on other countries MUST know their place on the map and the names of its capitals. But they don't:(
What if a soldier who got on order to drop nuke on Bucharest because romanians are bad and have oil and he doesn't know the place of the city so he drives the nuke to Bratislava Budapest or other capitals beginning with 'B' in the area?:D:D

you should check this out:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4iI59BfpQ

IMHO She very nice and beautiful girl, I very like She (and many more).
Second, She an american girl (and no more).

i never heard of this city Bratislava.
i think you mean Pozsony

First of all i am not saying that people in Hungary are better. But to know that when you ask a coffe at McDonalds they have to write to the cup that the coffe is hot be careful, comes from America. Letting the people know that a microwave owen is not for drying a cat comes from America. The warning in the cars mirror saying objects in the rear view mirro may appear closer than they are comes from America... This tells me just one thing... and i thing you can figure it out what i wanted to say

She will be in "The Booth S01E09" indeed. Took a hell of a time for her to arrive to the shooting.
http://www.coolspace.hu/pages/view/d2hhdGlzdGhpcz12aWRlbyxvYmplY3RpZD0xNDM4/

She will be in "The Booth S01E09" indeed. Took a hell of a time for her to arrive to the shooting.
http://www.coolspace.hu/pages/view
/d2hhdGlzdGhpcz12aWRlbyxvYmplY3RpZD0xNDM4/

She is the new country singer from American Idol.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=th55vy2P2CA

Pozsony is the hungarian name of Bratislava which is in Slovakia.

It just popped into my mind: I'm a big fan of the Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. In almost every series there was at least one dancer, who didn't know nothing about Wienese Waltz, but they aren't ignorant, nor stupid. Why? I think it is a wery basic thing to know one of the most widely known dances like that, if someone is a dancer... Not to mention that Wien is also an european capital :)

Hát van ez így...lol :-)

i think the point is not there that she didn't know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary..the problem is that she didn't even know that europe is a continent and not a country...
actually i was even surprised by the fact that the young boy know the answer. Hungary is a quite little country (especially comparing to the USA) and i think Hungarians are surprised if someone knows about their country and not if doesn't.

I'm not too surprised that he knew Budapest was the capital--it's one of the more famous cities in Europe, and to be honest Hungary is one of the more famous "little countries." And he'd studied geography.

Now, if he'd known who Kossuth was, THAT would have impressed me. :)

Hungary is famous because of Austria (WW I)... Beograd is more famous that Budapest, at least something in recent history has happened there (even though it might be tragic).

Hungary has tragical history thanks to Austria...so not the best that you say we are famous because of them..

plus i dont know why you mentioned Beograd it has nothing to do with Hungary and this topic...

United States? Is it the country in the Middle East, maybe next to Iraq? That should be so, as they keep on attacking Iraq in every decade.

To the average person around the world, Hungary is famous mainly because of its association with the Austro-Hungarian empire.

I thought Hungary was famous to the "average person around the world" through cheesy cliches of gypsy fiddlers, paprika and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies...

This is common among the US citizens. Its not only other countries they are not aware of, it is there own country as well. I live in Vancouver Canada, and while in Nashville TN, I was asked where Vancouver was. I told the person that it was a few hours north of Seattle. They did not know where Seattle was. ??? Its not that they are stupid, its just that they don't really care.
Each state is Governed much like a country is. They are taxed and pardoned by thier state. They don't care what happens outside thier state, or anywhere else for that matter. News is filtered so much that they have no idea whats going on in the world. They may never hear of any other country for thier whole lives if they never leave the state. This may sound odd but its true. I was baffled and will continue to be baffled as to why they are not curious??? They just never ask questions. Must be something in the water....

Some of you guys have a problem that she thought Europe is a country - Well, maybe she is just a few years ahead of her time. There is a lot of people in Europe, like myself, who like to see the European Union grow more together like a normal country, abolishing all the small National States with their stupid borders. The EMU and the Schengen-border are 2 obvious examples of that.
So, maybe she is just living in the future... and French is actually a nice-sounding language.

Viking, right on. Many key indicators of a nation-state are fading, or at the very least confusing to non-EU citizens, or not students of IR. For instance what's the difference between the schengen zone and the EU? If the currency is the same between countries, what does that say about their relationship? For non-EU/Schengen zone foreigners to come to "Europe," they apply for a schengen visa (http://www.eurovisa.info/). Irrespective of the actual distinctions (which are obviously important and complex) an overarching refrain in media is that "Europe" is uniting in currency and ending internal border crossings and boundaries. Hungary is already in the EU, wants the Euro, and will be a part of schengen in weeks.

Mike,
Seriously, sometimes I am completely baffled by the self conceit I notice when Americans (U.S. citizens) are spoken about.

What exactly was the point of the diatribe on our states rights? We are a country of 300 million people, and yes each state remains moderately sovereign, and it held accountable to a central government.... Sound like any other place you have heard of; I don’t know, maybe Europe?

Its not that we don’t care, or even don’t know, it is what the International Media is putting in the spotlight that gives us a bad image.

And yes, sure, you can find a fair amount of negligent people just about anywhere. So stop the testimonials please.

wheww
maybe it is the hour or maybe just the comments, but i think all of you just demonstrated that people are not only stupid asses, but pompous, biased stupid asses.

plenty of similar shows in Hungary with the same result as the sweet blond thing. the only exception was that the Hungarian counterparts interviewed were frighteningly ugly and proud on top of being stupid.

stop beating on the US, if they went home and attended their own business (as they should) you would be the first to point that they are heartless and don't care about the misfortune of others.

Nice to see all categories represented here, although Gabor and oj are the kind that no matter what the question, their answer is the same. no worries boys, you are still right and the world is wrong. just put the scissors down.

FayeFaye there IS a new religion: ignorant arrogance. i believe the popular term for it is politically correct.

shame on all of us: not for the misspellings above or for not knowing or giving a flip about countries and their capitals but for forgetting to 'love thy neighbor'. EVERYBODY go to your room.

There is a very big difference between EU countries and US states, because while US is a fairly homogenous nation (ok, there are latin american "invaders", and native americans and such, but you get the point), some EU countries are very-very different cultures with different languages and habits. It is so much harder if you want to integrate these to one union...

I don't think that nice girl is a "native" American. She looks pretty European to me - it's amazing what those surgeons can do these days.

I hope Europe won't become one country, because being a proper country is pretty much the only thing still going for Hungary. Being Hungarian still conjures up an air of quaint exoticism, most people know it exists and treat you as less of a retard than if you were from the Balkans, but obscure enough to pique some polite interest and cute questions like "is it good for shopping?" or "do you have normal letters in your alphabet?" If Hungary becomes just a backwater province in the USE, it will be as romantic as being from Milton Keynes.

Here is another scientific survey: 58% of French people are pretty dumb too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0CjrNgK0zw

Someone just told me that the blond bimbo in question was a celebrity plant, not some random contestant. She is Kellie Pickler, a sixth place finalist on last year's American Idol and who's background US Southerners might describe as being one of a "turd blossom" as both parents were derelict addicts/criminals. Like everything else on "reality" TV, I seem to think that this was well-planned for maximum publicity. American Idol and this "game show" TV offering are both on the same TV network.

Stop Press: America may have been invented by Hungarians!

(copied shamelessly from http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/COHEN-01.ART)

Vespucci was born in 1454 in Florence, where he was baptized, according to the official record, "Amerigho Vespucci". The name Amerigo derives from an old Gothic name, Amalrich. In all its forms found in Europe (Greek "Aimulos," Latin "Aemelius") the underlying meaning was that of work. Amalrich, which literally meant work ruler, or designator of tasks, might be freely translated as master workman. Old German forms of the name were Amalrich, Almerich, Emmerich; the Spanish form was Almerigo; in England it was Almerick, or Merica in old families in Yorkshire. It appeared in feminine forms in Amelia and Emily; its masculine forms were Amery, Emeric, and Emery. But as Charlotte Mary Yonge wrote in her History of Christian Names (1884), it was "the Italian form, Amerigo, which was destined to the most noted use … which should hold fast that most fortuitous title, whence thousands of miles, and millions of men, bear the appellation of the forgotten forefather of a tribe of Goths — Amalrich, the work ruler; a curiously appropriate title for the new world of labor and progress."

***Some scholars believe Vespucci was named after Saint Emeric (=EMERICA???), son of the first king of Hungary***.

Holy Fuck! It's all true!

Hats off Vladimir (not sure if someone else got it first, lost interest about half way through when the neo-nazi's joined)
Can't believe most of you didn't realise that this is scripted, fabricated drivel constructed to entertain some monkey of the masses.
Are you not entertained?