SPEAKING OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES I
NY Times PUZZLEMANIA (special section)
December 15, 2019
Will Shortz

Each sentence below conceals the name of a foreign country phonetically somewhere inside it.

Ex: The stream was full of little eels.
Ans. Italy (little eels

1. We drew every polygon alike.
2. Hand-drawn ninja makes us laugh.
3. I meant to say thank you, but I forgot.
4. We had a cuckoo waiter at the restaurant
5. To write a temperature, use a degree symbol.
6. Did you see the Pokemon goalie announcement
7. I sometimes worry - do robots wanna take over the world?
8. Without being marked per se, shell zones can be found on many beaches.

Answers:

1. Ghana (polygon alike)
2. Jamaica (ninja make us)
3. Cuba (thank you, but)
4. Kuwait (cuckoo waiter) 
5. Greece (degree symbol)
6. Mongolia (Pokemon goalie announcement
7. Botswana (robots wanna) 
8. Seychelles (per se shell zones)