Белоруссия...- Зоя, это опять Вы, эксперт по дефекации? :D

Ну Зою-то давайте не трогать)

Belorus is the land of opportunities and homeland of elephants.

Это не та Зоя, это та, что срёт и пердит без услали на ЛЛ.

Мне тоже кажется, что в данном контексте "родина" - это не burthplace.
Австралия - родина кенгуру. Это не значит, что все кенгуру родились в Австралии.
Homeland? Origin?

https://books.google.com/books?id=7kQlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=%22birthplace+of+elephants%22&source=bl&ots=FZlFt84IM8&sig=ACfU3U3G3xld4bAuOA7BrPGuG_G9Ohkk2Q&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinvvLY3o3nAhUDEqwKHR6hCHYQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22birthplace%20of%20elephants%22&f=false

“Home-grown historians, on the other hand, occasionally give in to the temptation to romanticize or aggrandize the country's past - the "Belarus is the birthplace of elephants" syndrome, if you will.” https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/0822963086 This is a quote from the book itself.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/02/05/russias-long-romance-with-patriotism-a51735
- здесь Russia is the homeland of elephants (By some Michele A. Berdy, possibly not a native)

And generally, in the Internet "homeland of the elephants" is more common, even if you filter out "books" only.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22homeland+of+the+elephants%22

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22birthplace+of+the+elephants%22

It sounds strange to me. All my life I’ve people say that Russia is the birthplace of elephants. HOMELAND sounds more human to me than animal.

It looks like as many people say homeland as they do birthplace. I guess it’s just a matter of preference.

But for the record, I think homeland sounds ridiculous.

Интересно, что это выражение, возможно, происходит из России/СССР, а не с Запада.
Во всяком случае, из русского языка, так как "родина слонов" на русском встречается очень намного чаще (12 страниц в google)

Какая интересная discussion!))

Aha! By the way, the guy who wrote the comment I linked above is from Belarus, but his English is unbelievable. It was a pleasure reading the entire comment.

Uly, which link did you mean? On Amazon?

Я тоже хотела прочитать, но не нашла.

It was Amazon, it was a review of a book written by some guy from Belarus in extraordinary English. I’ll see if I can link it better.

🙏

Thank you, Uly. And how about my review with 2 starts on here: https://www.amazon.com/Sinatra-Jobim-Complete-Reprise-Recordings/product-reviews/B003TWKW4K/ref=cm_cr_unknown?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&filterByStar=two_star&pageNumber=1

Aha! Very interesting. I WON’T buy that recording now 😉

Yes, I’ve seen it.

Ok 👍🏼