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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Gorf wrote: |
| Inception countries, that's what they are. |
/me high fives. |
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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Holland
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Greenman wrote: |
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| Cliff for King wrote: |
| What Belgium is to France, what Austria is to Germany, what Scotland is to England, what Ukraine is to Russia? |
They're part of the same country though |
Britain isn't a country. 10 year old level Geography. |
You're being pedantic. I was just trying to make the point that England/Scotland can in no way be compared to Austria/Germany, Netherlands/Belgium, Canada/USA etc. Yes, technically GB is a soverign state made up of 3 countries but for all intensive purposes GB is one country and is recognised as such across the world (and by most people living within the UK, IMHO). |
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southernman
Joined: 15 Jan 2010
Location: On the mainland again
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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We both qualify as locals in our respective countries Uni systems which is very handy for both countries students. It saves huge amonunts of money
We can both live and work in each others countries for as long as we like
We love to take the P##s out of each other as much as posible, especially during sports or cultural talks, well any talks really.
The one huge distinction is that when we are overseas (away from our respective homelands) we have each others backs at all times and generally get on very well. We have a natural affinity, sense of humour and background (ANZAC's fighting together in many wars).
This cannot be said for Canadians and Americans from what I've witnessed (in many different countries around the world, not just here).
So, to answer your question, no, we're much more civilised...  |
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rambler
Joined: 18 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nope.
USA > Canada
NZ > Australia |
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Cliff for King
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| Gosh. I started a thread about Scottish independence without even meaning to. Normally it takes weeks of hard trolling to get that far. |
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Cliff for King
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Ooh, and there are currently four constituent countries in the UK, Litebear. |
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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Holland
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Cliff for King wrote: |
| Ooh, and there are currently four constituent countries in the UK, Litebear. |
Yeah, your right. I edited that post a load of times to try and be as sensitive as possible. I never actually meant to refer to it as the UK at all cause I felt bringing Northern Ireland into the equation would only muddy the waters further. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Nope.
USA > Canada
NZ > Australia |
i would love to live in such a black-and-white world. it must be easy, particularly for someone like you of such wanting intelligence. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| southernman wrote: |
We both qualify as locals in our respective countries Uni systems which is very handy for both countries students. It saves huge amonunts of money
We can both live and work in each others countries for as long as we like
We love to take the P##s out of each other as much as posible, especially during sports or cultural talks, well any talks really.
The one huge distinction is that when we are overseas (away from our respective homelands) we have each others backs at all times and generally get on very well. We have a natural affinity, sense of humour and background (ANZAC's fighting together in many wars).
This cannot be said for Canadians and Americans from what I've witnessed (in many different countries around the world, not just here).
So, to answer your question, no, we're much more civilised... |
i completely agree with this. my ex was a kiwi, and she was one of the most amazing people i've ever met. aussies and kiwis seem to be naturally supportive of each other in this country, and it's a really cool feeling.
which is great for me, because it seems like there are kiwis literally everywhere here. |
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FaceFaceFace
Joined: 12 Jun 2011
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| southernman wrote: |
We both qualify as locals in our respective countries Uni systems which is very handy for both countries students. It saves huge amonunts of money
We can both live and work in each others countries for as long as we like
We love to take the P##s out of each other as much as posible, especially during sports or cultural talks, well any talks really.
The one huge distinction is that when we are overseas (away from our respective homelands) we have each others backs at all times and generally get on very well. We have a natural affinity, sense of humour and background (ANZAC's fighting together in many wars).
This cannot be said for Canadians and Americans from what I've witnessed (in many different countries around the world, not just here).
So, to answer your question, no, we're much more civilised... |
Much agreed! 
Mateship is instilled in us from an early age. |
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rambler
Joined: 18 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| isisaredead wrote: |
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Nope.
USA > Canada
NZ > Australia |
i would love to live in such a black-and-white world. it must be easy, particularly for someone like you of such wanting intelligence. |
You must be from Canada or Australia.  |
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premiummince
Joined: 23 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| rambler wrote: |
| isisaredead wrote: |
| rambler wrote: |
Nope.
USA > Canada
NZ > Australia |
i would love to live in such a black-and-white world. it must be easy, particularly for someone like you of such wanting intelligence. |
You must be from Canada or Australia. |
YOUTUBE, YEAH! |
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gem
Joined: 06 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| Korea is to Japan what Mexico is to America, sans the violence. |
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cwflaneur
Joined: 04 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| Koreadays wrote: |
The United kingdom
England
Britain
it's all the same
example
USA
America
The States
Australia
OZ
Italy
Italia
Russia
USSR
I could go on for ever.. but I think you all catch my drift |
Oh we get your drift alright, but your drift is ----ing idiotic. England is not synonymous with Britain, and Russia is not synonymous with the USSR. Those are real distinctions, unlike the three examples you sandwiched in between. End. |
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