My questions

[ravana]

Motherland or Fatherland?
In translation I use the phrase Motherland, but lately was told that in English it is not used widely, mainly used one is Fatherland. Right?

[amuse]

i've never heard "fatherland."

[simon]

I've heard of mothership, but that's from my planet.

[amuse]

anyway, since when is mama earth/mother earth male. i don't get it.

or, as some of us say here, "i-ohnt / ow-'nt gidit". :p :D

[xby]

o, I've seen the word "fatherland" in my dictionary before!

[emily655321]

I've heard both, but translated from foreign languages. In the US we say "homeland." But even so, it's not a phrase that's used very often. Usually people just say "my country" or "the country I'm from."

[Jay]

lol, now I'm a little confused. I think 'fatherland' is either used more or only as in 'fatherland' in Czech. But it's used so scarcelly nowadays... as far as I can remember I heard it... very long time ago. Think this didn't hel, did it? lol

[papayahed]

When I hear motherland I think of the Soviet Union ie "Mother Russia" and when I hear Fatherland I think of Germany probably because of the book with the same name.

I've also heard people talk about their "mother country".

[emily655321]

Yeah, I usually think of "fatherland," and only in relation to Nazi Germany's "allegiance to the Fatherland." But I didn't feel like mentioning Nazi Germany. :p Don't know why.

[papayahed]

They get mentioned enough on the History Channel (Do you think that "H" logo stands for history? I think not!) :sick:

[emily655321]

LMAO Yes, and there's even more of it on History Channel International or whatever. My dad must be a major contributor in secret. (Maybe that's where all my college money went! "Didn't save" my ***.)

[imthefoolonthehill]

um... I really like the history chanel... I see no reason why people should be sensitive about naziism... I mean... I live in Idaho... in northern idaho there used to be a neo-nazi group... heh... it was laughable.... bunch of idiots.

[emily655321]

I like the History Channel too... when they're talking about something other than WWII for once. :p But let's not turn this thread into a discussion of Nazism -- I'm more than confident everyone's got more or less the same opinion on that subject.