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Posted on 01/21/2008 7:56:19 PM PST by Perdogg
Charlize Theron has referred to the Turkish city of Istanbul as Budapest three times in an interview about her "backpacking" adventures around the world.
Theron, an Oscar winner known for taking on tough roles, described buying Turkish carpets in a bazaar and attending the Istanbul International Film Festival in "Budapest", the Daily Mail reports.
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LOL!
I don't have photos of her in swimwear plastered all over my bedroom because she's good in geography, for gosh sakes.
I don’t know.
Given the way Turkish guestworkers have overrun parts of Europe, it’s entirely possible she really did do all that in Budapest. :)
“Such as.”
Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Or Budapest.
None of this negates the fact that she's smokin' hot!
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
-Artists: The Four Lads
-peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953
-Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople
Been a long time gone
Old Constantinople’s still has Turkish delight
On a moonlight night
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Evr’y gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can’t say
(People just liked it better that way)
Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
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Istanbul!!
Istanbul!!
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can’t say
(People just liked it better that way)
Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
‘stanbul!!
She makes Kelly Pickler sound smart. I’d still hit it.
Yes.
I do prefer the version by They Might Be Giants, though. :)
In Istanbul, you constantly hear the word “Bosporus”. You hear and see “Bosporus” more than “Istanbul” just walking around. It’s a stretch, but that’s where “Budapest” probably percolated out of her skull.
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