The English language is a fickle mistress. Remember, Samaria and Sumeria were entirely separate places and Thebes (Egypt) and Thebes (Greece) had nothing in particular to do with each other, but Nanking and Nanjing are two different names for the same town (ditto with Peking and Beijing).

Fun fact: people from Sumeria were Sumerians, but people from Samaria were Samaritans, not Samarians. Fickle.

L.A. Story: The Sequel
Life is more fun with a fake Russian accent. Go ahead, try it out. Also, for extra bonus fun, trying randomly transposing letters in words; thus, the staid Sylvester Stallone become the always festive "Slyvester Stallone." And it drives the Mountain of Love nuts; he fucking hates it, which is always hilarious.