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Most Infuriating Myth about your Country?

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eoinda
Tetraglot
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Sweden
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Studies: French

 
 Message 81 of 177
03 July 2009 at 1:49pm | IP Logged 
mrhenrik wrote:
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.


The capital of Sweden? I'm highly offended a lowly colony at most ;)
...and yeah if you happen to find the snow could you please share. The weather conditions
are the same over here.
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staf250
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Belgium
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 Message 82 of 177
03 July 2009 at 5:45pm | IP Logged 
Russianbear wrote:
One day a small European country like Belgium will accidentally get wiped out and the
Russians will ...

I just finished reading the 82 post on this thread. Wow.
Belgium indeed is a small country. Even the Germans in WWI painted it like a bug with the three colors of Belgium
on the wall of their officers room during occupation. Although a little piece of Belgium, the far west (haha),
behind the river Yzer got never occupied in 1914-1918. Out of topic: the geographic maps of the Germans had a
false point concerning the zero level of the grounds in Flanders, who are any meters under sea level.
What I doesn't like others think about Belgians: Foreigners generally don't know that a little less than 2/3 of the
Belgian population speaks Dutch as mother tongue. The Flemish people.
On this forum that already has been cleared out well. :)
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cordelia0507
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United Kingdom
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 Message 83 of 177
03 July 2009 at 7:02pm | IP Logged 
You have obviously fallen victim for the myth that there is a country called Belgium when the truth is: It's all a hoax! http://zapatopi.net/belgium/
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Bao
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 Message 84 of 177
03 July 2009 at 11:53pm | IP Logged 
eoinda wrote:
mrhenrik wrote:
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.

The capital of Sweden? I'm highly offended a lowly colony at most ;)
...and yeah if you happen to find the snow could you please share. The weather conditions
are the same over here.


Wow, that one's priceless.
(+ well, in the winter you do have more snow. At least in the northern areas of your respective countries. :x)
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staf250
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Belgium
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 Message 85 of 177
04 July 2009 at 10:24am | IP Logged 
cordelia0507 wrote:
You have obviously fallen victim for the myth that there is a country called Belgium when
the truth is: It's all a hoax! http://zapatopi.net/belgium/

Funny and not offending at all :)
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Linguistics
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Finland
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 Message 86 of 177
04 July 2009 at 11:00pm | IP Logged 
mrhenrik wrote:
I hate it when people seem to think Norway is the capital of Sweden. >.<


Haha, that's a crack up!

It's just way too expensive for tourists.
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Le dacquois
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France
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 Message 87 of 177
04 July 2009 at 11:16pm | IP Logged 
Sennin wrote:
Le dacquois wrote:
In Scotland, the 12th of August commences the annual haggis hunt. It's called the Glorius Twelfth and all over Scotland you see hairy-legged men in skirts with no underwear whacking bushes with big sticks to flush out the haggis (or is it haggii in the plural?)


Eh, hunting haggis? I thought haggis is a dish made of ground meat stuffed in animal gut.


Hell, no. That's just a story we tell the tourists! Do you realise what animal activists would say if people found out the truth?
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Le dacquois
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 Message 88 of 177
04 July 2009 at 11:27pm | IP Logged 
mrhenrik wrote:
I hate it when people seem to think Norway is the capital of Sweden. >.<


Hey, at least you're not from a county in England. Ask a Scot where most foreigners think he comes from!


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