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	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 09:12 am

Note to self: When in England, do not refer to continental Europe as "The Mainland".

Tags: england, europe, oops
Current Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

petercooperjr

Peter Cooper Jr.

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 11:04 am (UTC)

I told you that those differences between en-US and en-UK would be a problem sometime. :)

purly

...

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 12:49 pm (UTC)

why?

etherial

Gregory Pettigrew

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 01:31 pm (UTC)

re: The Continent

They look down on Europeans. Referring to Europe as "The Mainland" implies, not only that they're *part* of Europe, but that they're not the most important part.

petercooperjr

Peter Cooper Jr.

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 05:38 pm (UTC)

According to Wikipedia, the source of much knowledge :), People in Great Britian would tend to consider the main island "The mainland", with the other British isles being not the mainland.

Which is a reasonable view from the perspective of someone who lives there.

(Anonymous)

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 01:14 pm (UTC)

I thought they called it "the continent" or something along those lines.

rgfgompei

Rachael

	Thu, Jul. 13th, 2006 07:30 pm (UTC)

The continent, which always struck me as funny because it implies that the UK is not part of the continent, ie not part of Europe.

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