Learning National Anthems

[Arkhastok]

So I’ve been into a little hobby for the past two years which is learning the national anthems of foreign countries. I’ve got 31 (I think?) learnt although I’ve been less active in it recently.

I’m just wondering, does anybody else do anything similar? I haven’t seen many people do it online so maybe there might be some people on NS who do this as well.

[Socialist Workers Combine]

I supposed my hobby was ancient China.

[The Blaatschapen]

I can sing the Spanish, the Bosnian, the Kosovo and the San Marino ones

[Arkhastok]

I can sing the Spanish, the Bosnian, the Kosovo and the San Marino ones

The infamous four
Well you can hum them lol

[Bezkoshtovnya]

For some reason for a while some friends and I as some sort of meme at parties or other gatherings, once we got pretty drunk one of us would turn on the Soviet national anthem and drunkenly belt it as loud as we could, so I've sort of learned that through repetition.

[Bombadil]

I don't even know my own, here's my try..

God save our something Queen
God save our something Queen
God save our Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Da da da da da da da DA
God save our Queen

If there's other verses I'm lost

[Third Asopia]

The only four I can remember part of it is the German, Russian, Burmese and Chinese.

[Arkhastok]

I don't even know my own, here's my try..

God save our something Queen
God save our something Queen
God save our Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Da da da da da da da DA
God save our Queen

If there's other verses I'm lost

Da da da da is Long to reign over us

[Arkhastok]

For some reason for a while some friends and I as some sort of meme at parties or other gatherings, once we got pretty drunk one of us would turn on the Soviet national anthem and drunkenly belt it as loud as we could, so I've sort of learned that through repetition.

Soviet one was actually the one that sparked my interest. Became a meme in my school and then it just went to союз

[Dawetid]

I know:
China (ROC and PRC), Japan, Korea (ROK and DPRK), South Vietnam, Russia (Empire, USSR, RF), Serbia, Croatia, old Slovenia (Yugoslavia), Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, old Belarus (BNR) and maybe some more that I can’t be bothered to name.

[Arkhastok]

I know:
China (ROC and PRC), Japan, Korea (ROK and DPRK), South Vietnam, Russia (Empire, USSR, RF), Serbia, Croatia, old Slovenia (Yugoslavia), Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, old Belarus (BNR) and maybe some more that I can’t be bothered to name.

Ah good to see someone else that does something like this lol. Haven’t actually old Slovenia, old Belarus and Montenegro’s one

[Pilipinas and Malaya]

So I’ve been into a little hobby for the past two years which is learning the national anthems of foreign countries. I’ve got 31 (I think?) learnt although I’ve been less active in it recently.

I’m just wondering, does anybody else do anything similar? I haven’t seen many people do it online so maybe there might be some people on NS who do this as well.

Ah, yes, a fellow anthem memorizer.

I've learned the words to the German, French, Belgian (in French and German), Dutch, Italian, Russian (current and USSR), Canadian (in French and English), British, Polish, Spanish (the original anthem, but it also got rusty so now I hum), American, Philippine and Chinese anthems.

I'm currently memorizing the South Korean, Australian, New Zealander, Belgian (Dutch, if not correct then it's Flemish) Swiss, Soviet, Russian, Swedish, Portugese, Mexican, Brazilian, Greek and Japanese anthems

So that's 15 anthems. Add the one's I'm attempting to memorize, then it's 26.

[Dawetid]

I know:
China (ROC and PRC), Japan, Korea (ROK and DPRK), South Vietnam, Russia (Empire, USSR, RF), Serbia, Croatia, old Slovenia (Yugoslavia), Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, old Belarus (BNR) and maybe some more that I can’t be bothered to name.

Ah good to see someone else that does something like this lol. Haven’t actually old Slovenia, old Belarus and Montenegro’s one

You’d be looking for:

• Naprej Zastava Slave
• Vajacki Marš
• Oj Svijetla Majska Zoro

Maybe I forgot to mention Yugoslavia (SHS and SFRJ) and New Zealand.

Though I still can’t remember the text for modern Slovenia (Zdravljica).

[Pilipinas and Malaya]

I know:
China (ROC and PRC), Japan, Korea (ROK and DPRK), South Vietnam, Russia (Empire, USSR, RF), Serbia, Croatia, old Slovenia (Yugoslavia), Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, old Belarus (BNR) and maybe some more that I can’t be bothered to name.

Nice.

For some reason for a while some friends and I as some sort of meme at parties or other gatherings, once we got pretty drunk one of us would turn on the Soviet national anthem and drunkenly belt it as loud as we could, so I've sort of learned that through repetition.

Soviet one was actually the one that sparked my interest. Became a meme in my school and then it just went to союз

I was the only person in my batch that was interested. Idk who else in the school liked anthems.

[Samudera Darussalam]

My only attempt at learning the other countries' national anthems is the Māori version of God Defend New Zealand, albeit only the first verse, so far.

[Arkhastok]

So I’ve been into a little hobby for the past two years which is learning the national anthems of foreign countries. I’ve got 31 (I think?) learnt although I’ve been less active in it recently.

I’m just wondering, does anybody else do anything similar? I haven’t seen many people do it online so maybe there might be some people on NS who do this as well.

Ah, yes, a fellow anthem memorizer.

I've learned the words to the German, French, Belgian (in French and German), Dutch, Italian, Russian (current and USSR), Canadian (in French and English), British, Polish, Spanish (the original anthem, but it also got rusty so now I hum), American, Philippine and Chinese anthems.

I'm currently memorizing the South Korean, Australian, New Zealander, Belgian (Dutch, if not correct then it's Flemish) Swiss, Soviet, Russian, Swedish, Portugese, Mexican, Brazilian, Greek and Japanese anthems

So that's 15 anthems. Add the one's I'm attempting to memorize, then it's 26.

Great to see another anthem memoriser as well

I know the words to the anthems of Australia China USA France UK Russia(personal favourite) Italy Spain Germany Indonesia SouthAfrica Canada (en+fr) Belgium(Fr+Nd) NorthKorea Japan Netherlands Czechia Austria SouthKorea Israel(one of my personal favourite tunes) Greece Brazil Turkey Hungary Slovenia Croatia Mexico (EastGermany) Philippines Romania NewZealand Sweden (not bothered to put commas, copy and pasted from my iphone notes list lmao)

I’m thinking whether I should do ROC or Singapore next

[Dawetid]

Ah, forgot to mention a few more!

Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, France, Italy.

Maybe I should learn Bulgaria or North Macedonia next.

[Third Asopia]

Ah, yes, a fellow anthem memorizer.

I've learned the words to the German, French, Belgian (in French and German), Dutch, Italian, Russian (current and USSR), Canadian (in French and English), British, Polish, Spanish (the original anthem, but it also got rusty so now I hum), American, Philippine and Chinese anthems.

I'm currently memorizing the South Korean, Australian, New Zealander, Belgian (Dutch, if not correct then it's Flemish) Swiss, Soviet, Russian, Swedish, Portugese, Mexican, Brazilian, Greek and Japanese anthems

So that's 15 anthems. Add the one's I'm attempting to memorize, then it's 26.

Great to see another anthem memoriser as well

I know the words to the anthems of Australia China USA France UK Russia(personal favourite) Italy Spain Germany Indonesia SouthAfrica Canada (en+fr) Belgium(Fr+Nd) NorthKorea Japan Netherlands Czechia Austria SouthKorea Israel(one of my personal favourite tunes) Greece Brazil Turkey Hungary Slovenia Croatia Mexico (EastGermany) Philippines Romania NewZealand Sweden (not bothered to put commas, copy and pasted from my iphone notes list lmao)

I’m thinking whether I should do ROC or Singapore next

Singapore is easy.

[Pilipinas and Malaya]

Ah, yes, a fellow anthem memorizer.

I've learned the words to the German, French, Belgian (in French and German), Dutch, Italian, Russian (current and USSR), Canadian (in French and English), British, Polish, Spanish (the original anthem, but it also got rusty so now I hum), American, Philippine and Chinese anthems.

I'm currently memorizing the South Korean, Australian, New Zealander, Belgian (Dutch, if not correct then it's Flemish) Swiss, Soviet, Russian, Swedish, Portugese, Mexican, Brazilian, Greek and Japanese anthems

So that's 15 anthems. Add the one's I'm attempting to memorize, then it's 26.

Great to see another anthem memoriser as well

I know the words to the anthems of Australia China USA France UK Russia(personal favourite) Italy Spain Germany Indonesia SouthAfrica Canada (en+fr) Belgium(Fr+Nd) NorthKorea Japan Netherlands Czechia Austria SouthKorea Israel(one of my personal favourite tunes) Greece Brazil Turkey Hungary Slovenia Croatia Mexico (EastGermany) Philippines Romania NewZealand Sweden (not bothered to put commas, copy and pasted from my iphone notes list lmao)

I’m thinking whether I should do ROC or Singapore next

Ah, I also forgot to mention that I'm memorizing the second verse of East Germany's national anthem.

No Gestapo, only Stasi.

[Arkhastok]

Ah, forgot to mention a few more!

Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, France, Italy.

Maybe I should learn Bulgaria or North Macedonia next.

The Czech anthem is really relaxing lol. I tried to memorise the tune of Slovakia’s when we were about to drive through Slovakia from Czechia into Hungary during a holiday but it was winter (so, slippery roads) and a truck skid blocking the road. Had the Slovakian anthem stuck in my head while I stayed 5 hours with the car not moving in a Czech highway. Oh, I also slept the entire way through Slovakia and woke up already in Hungary so I missed it anyways lol

[Arkhastok]

Great to see another anthem memoriser as well

I know the words to the anthems of Australia China USA France UK Russia(personal favourite) Italy Spain Germany Indonesia SouthAfrica Canada (en+fr) Belgium(Fr+Nd) NorthKorea Japan Netherlands Czechia Austria SouthKorea Israel(one of my personal favourite tunes) Greece Brazil Turkey Hungary Slovenia Croatia Mexico (EastGermany) Philippines Romania NewZealand Sweden (not bothered to put commas, copy and pasted from my iphone notes list lmao)

I’m thinking whether I should do ROC or Singapore next

Ah, I also forgot to mention that I'm memorizing the second verse of East Germany's national anthem.

No Gestapo, only Stasi.

Ja, only Stasi lmao. Auferstanden Aus Ruinen is 10x better than the modern German one in my opinion. Although they’re both pretty good

[Herrebrugh]

I use music to get a basic feel for the pronunciation of other languages, and I've had an interest in national anthems for quite a long time

Some I can sing are, beside the Dutch one, that of Germany, East Germany, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, Denmark (royal anthem), China, Japan, old South African anthem (die Stem), the EU (if Ode an die Freude counts) and (forgoing national anthems) the Internationale in Dutch, English and German.

[Arkhastok]

I see music as being a way to get a basic feel for the pronunciation of other languages, and I've had an interest in national anthems for quite a long time

Some I can sing are, beside the Dutch one, that of Germany, East Germany, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, Denmark (royal anthem), China, Japan, old South African anthem (die Stem), the EU (if Ode an die Freude counts) and (forgoing national anthems) the Internationale in Dutch, English and German.

It comes both ways for me because if I get interested in a language and start learning it, I might sometimes realise I’ve been pronouncing words the wrong way in the anthem the entire time

I know quite a few more historical songs as well, I’ve actually been learning those more nowadays but I still do both anthems and historical songs

[Heloin]

I know the national anthem for back in Zimbabwe somewhat and I could probably bumble my way through the South African and Australian national anthems. The American one I can't remember any of it off the top aside from "bombs bursting in air".

I don't even know my own, here's my try..

God save our something Queen
God save our something Queen
God save our Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Da da da da da da da DA
God save our Queen

If there's other verses I'm lost

Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!

[Valentine Z]

Currently Singapore and Burma's, heh!

I know Singapore's anthem by heart now, after 8 years (2 years of Primary sch, 4 years of Secondary sch, 2 years of Junior College) of singing it every single morning.

For Burma, there is a longer version, but we usually stick to the shorter version.

Anddd.... that's about it so far. I didn't really listen to other anthems just yet, or might have forgotten about them.