28th September 2003, 10:35 AM
Quote:Wow, the arrogance in that is so thick you could cut it with a knife. I was due to visit London on a class trip before 9-11 cancelled it. I'm sorry I'm not as rich and fortunate as your majesty to be able to afford trips to Europe.
Haha, I don't take many trips to Europe. As a matter of fact I've only flown there once. It's just that I lived there for four years an visited all around the place (which is very cheap).
Quote:Oh I quite agree. Fortunately I didn't say that they're more alike than the US and Canada. And thank you for the satisfaction of admitting defeat in that "nothing alike" argument.
hy·per·bo·le n.
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
Of course there are some similarities between the two countries, but compared to the U.S. and Canada they could be seen as nothing alike. I'm sorry to burst your bubble but there are very few major cultural differences between the U.S. and Canada. Hell, there are more cultural differences between Colorado and Alabama than the general U.S. and Canada.
Quote:What can't you idiot understand? Canada is officially a bilingual nation. They speak English and French, officially. The United States is not a bilingual country, not officially anyway. I used this as a difference between the two countries, and nothing more. You don't seem able to grasp this concept. I never said ALL CANADIANS SPEAK ENGLISH AND FRENCH. I said it is a BILINGUAL NATION. It is. Get over it.
Almost everyone in Europe speaks at least two languages. Depending on where you go in Belgium they'll be speaking Dutch, German, Flemish (the funniest language in the world), French (a bit), and English is taught in schools. Most of the country speaks Dutch but it's a bit different from how they speak it in Holland, sort of like the difference between British English and American English. The same thing goes for Austria and Germany. Two very different German accents.
Oh and for the record, the best cheese in the world comes from Holland and the best chocolate in the world comes from Belgium. :D My family had a bunch of friends from Belgium and they'd visit us quite often, bringing incredible chocolates every time.
Quote:And that means...what? Oh yea...nothing. I'll be sure and write to the CIA, and tell them that you disagree with them. It make take some doing, but I may be able to convince the UN to force the Slovak Republic to absolve that name, so that you'll be right.
Most people in Slovakia don't refer to it as that. Just like we over here don't call the U.S. "The United States of America" when we're talking casually.