I don’t understand that attitude at all. And yet you get people saying “In Europe…” meaning not-Britain. I reply, “this *is *Europe,” but it doesn’t necessarily go down well.
Look I’m really kinda tired of this. I got the joke from a guy I was working with from Britain. He explained it to me and I’ve always heard it said off the cuff. Too bad I ended up getting a bunch thin skinned people agitated over a joke that isn’t even mine.
@chramies@Itdidnttrickledown I remember a German friend of mine (well before the referendum was even a thing) being highly amused when she heard me say “on the continent”. I’d never even thought about it. I suppose “on the mainland” makes more sense. Language can really affect your worldview!
That’s just leftover British national exceptionalism pushed in schools. Like how English is a special language and not just a bog standard Germanic one.
Britain isn’t in Europe. They have been saying that for centuries.
I don’t understand that attitude at all. And yet you get people saying “In Europe…” meaning not-Britain. I reply, “this *is *Europe,” but it doesn’t necessarily go down well.
Look I’m really kinda tired of this. I got the joke from a guy I was working with from Britain. He explained it to me and I’ve always heard it said off the cuff. Too bad I ended up getting a bunch thin skinned people agitated over a joke that isn’t even mine.
@chramies @Itdidnttrickledown I remember a German friend of mine (well before the referendum was even a thing) being highly amused when she heard me say “on the continent”. I’d never even thought about it. I suppose “on the mainland” makes more sense. Language can really affect your worldview!
If Iceland is in Europe, Britain is as well.
It was a long running joke. One I used to rib a guy from wales about at work. Its a very british joke.
That’s just leftover British national exceptionalism pushed in schools. Like how English is a special language and not just a bog standard Germanic one.