Why do Americans just group all of Europe together
Why do you keep saying 'we're going to Europe' when there's such a big difference between Paris and Dunblane lol
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Hopelandia · M
@TexChik The individual states are not independent countries though, like in Europe. Same with Africa. For Africa, it's even worse, though, EVERYONE assumes Africa is one country.
Hopelandia · M
@TexChik Nope. Russia is in both Europe and Asia, but China is in Asia and Africa is Africa.
hartfire · 61-69
@TexChik I suggest you travel around Europe if you can afford it.
Each country speaks a langauge you won't understand, and if many learned English at school, most speak it poorly, often with an accent so thick you can't understand it.
You will find they live at differnt hours of the day, with long lunches and late hours in the South and short lunches and work days in the North.
They produce and eat different foods, have different laws, customs and economies, and have have braodly different beliefs and values depending on Catholic or Protestant histories.
If you can't travel, maybe try listening to the English translations of news, tv and movies from those countries.
I guarantee that within at least six months you will discover that they are entirely different nations, nothing like the (relatively) small differences between the states of America.
They share democracy, generally Western lifestyle, and a desire to cooperate for political and military defence and economic security. One could also say that over two-thirds were once colonial countries, so they share similar issues in their relationships with their former and current colonies. But these things are not nearly enough to homogenise them into one nation.
Each country speaks a langauge you won't understand, and if many learned English at school, most speak it poorly, often with an accent so thick you can't understand it.
You will find they live at differnt hours of the day, with long lunches and late hours in the South and short lunches and work days in the North.
They produce and eat different foods, have different laws, customs and economies, and have have braodly different beliefs and values depending on Catholic or Protestant histories.
If you can't travel, maybe try listening to the English translations of news, tv and movies from those countries.
I guarantee that within at least six months you will discover that they are entirely different nations, nothing like the (relatively) small differences between the states of America.
They share democracy, generally Western lifestyle, and a desire to cooperate for political and military defence and economic security. One could also say that over two-thirds were once colonial countries, so they share similar issues in their relationships with their former and current colonies. But these things are not nearly enough to homogenise them into one nation.