The Kong in the name of the 1933 movie King Kong, probably alludes to the Congo in Africa, the home of gorillas. Previous movies used a form of that name as well; Kongorilla, for example. In the 1950s, the English name of the Japanese movie monster...
Mara, a student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo now studying at the University of North Alabama, thought Google Translate rendered the French for “peanut butter” as peanut leg. Instead of using it to translate the French word pâte, meaning...
Burnt Rice n.— «The US is also not leaving anything to chance. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled a scheduled trip to the Middle East and Congo. President Bush will also be on hand should the matter require intervention at the...
