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Most Infuriating Myth about your Country? | ||
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6665 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes  Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 73 of 177 30 June 2009 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
What I wrote about Slovakia also applies to Spain and especially Ireland. Sure, EU subsidies help, but I don't think they will be of much use if the country doesn't have a sound economic policy and is a good place to do business. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 74 of 177 30 June 2009 at 8:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Eh, hunting haggis? I thought haggis is a dish made of ground meat stuffed in animal gut. Edited by Sennin on 30 June 2009 at 8:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5924 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 75 of 177 30 June 2009 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
1) California is the only state worth visiting or knowing about, everywhere else is the middle of nowhere. This is not true, California is just the largest state on the West Coast. Oregon, Idaho, and Washington are all worth visiting and less crowded. 2)I live in Washington state, which is considered to be populated by the following kinds of people: the rural areas are ignorant lumberjacks or apple farmers, and in the cities, everyone is either tree hugging communists, gang members or anti-social computer nerds who work for Microsoft and we all still listen to grunge rock, and drink nothing but espresso. Edited by mick33 on 30 June 2009 at 10:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 76 of 177 30 June 2009 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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What a great summary about the US West Coast, thanks!
It sounds like I'd feel fit in really well in Washington if I ever get the urge to move to the US...! There are so many cool places in the US that I'd like to visit for different reasons. Hard to imagine what it's like to travel by car or train for DAYS and while the landscape and climate changes dramatically, everybody still speaks the same language, shops in the same shops and share the same culture and values. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 77 of 177 30 June 2009 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Lol so you are dispelling that particular myth about your country! I'd never go on Who wants to be a millionaire -- I can't stand the hostess. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5924 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 78 of 177 30 June 2009 at 11:03pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Btw if you ever do come here the US, unlike Europe, is best seen traveling by car not on a train, and it's better to just pick one state or region and make that the focus of your trip. I agree that there are many cool places to see in the US, if only the country were a little smaller and less spread out. Edited by mick33 on 30 June 2009 at 11:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| pmiller Account terminated Groupie Canada Joined 5674 days ago 99 posts - 104 votes Speaks: English* | Message 79 of 177 02 July 2009 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Do you guys all talk like Frasier and Niles? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6079 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 80 of 177 02 July 2009 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I hate it when people seem to think Norway is the capital of Sweden. >.<
Also, one myth is that there's a lot of snow here. I'd like some of that snow please. Right now it's 32 degrees celcius in my room and I haven't even got a bloody fan to cool down with. Yeeha. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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