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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by il viaggiatore
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Don't feel bad, that book was a masturbatory piece of crap. 
Maybe this is how the difference is seen:
http://www.satirewire.com/news/feb02/warship.shtml
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by Giford
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You should come look at British petrol prices some time, you'll go lightheaded for a totally different reason!
My original point about cultural homogeneity (sorry to harp on about it) has slowly been distorted. I don't dispute that the mid-west is different from New York at least as much as Cornwall is from London. But the US is vast - it's more like the size of Europe than the size of the UK. So it would be fairer to compare, say, Germany and the Vatican than 2 places within Britain. In which case, I would say that Europe has far greater cultural diversity. To throw your own question back at you, how many European countries have you seen films from? *Each* European country has dozens of distinct regions. I bet people from the west of Lichtenstein won't talk to people from the North or something. So yes, I am sure there are differences between states that we don't always fully appreciate - but they are no greater than the differences between areas within each and every country in Europe (and often much less - look at former Yugoslavia).
Gif 
Always on about differances and not our similarities.How the hell do we ever hope to get on as a planet of humans?
Incog.Intensely depressed!!
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by Runner
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Canadian rye is quite good. And some US whiskeys aren't too awful either. Though I suspect the pitiful range of said drinks we get in the UK is tiny.
I know that there are regional differences within European nations. I don't know what they are. I've never been able to visit for more than a few hours ona stop over, and they only let us out of the plane once. We got to mill around in fenced enclosure and watch the parking lot.
By and large, I think differences are more interesting.
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by Xanatic
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Hmm, what kind of fence? Cos there is this kind of NATO barbed wire as opposed to the American model. Maybe you experienced a bit of Europe there 
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by Munchkin
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Umm, to go on about Canada a bit, I personally think it is very different to the US, and those I have talked to about it over there seem to agree. Actually, I don't think the "court of world opinion" really gives it much thought at all. Comes from being the other English speaking country in the region. Just like New Zealand struggles to be noticed behind Australia and the Scots keep kicking up a fuss to prove they are not England. Still, I believe that most of these opinions come from a limited amount of foreign travel. I have loved the bits of the US I have been too, and Europe and Canada and I do find that it is the stay at home people who have the more extreme views. Anyhoo, just my opinions and I felt I had to chip in here as I managed to blag myself a Canadian passport not so long ago even though I am Scots.
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by GreyDesk
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So you've got yourself a Canadian passport then? Did you have to go through the swearing in ceremony to become a Canadian citizen?
My mother who emigrated from England to Canada a number of years ago, described this as being the most surreal experience, standing up in a court room and swearing allegiance to the Queen. Her thoughts were, "swear allegiance to the Queen? But I'm English for heaven's sake. We don't swear allegiance to the Queen."
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Posted Aug 6, 2002 by Munchkin
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Nah, I got it through the technicality of my dad having been born there during the days of Empire, wot. Hence I have technically always been allowed it, just never asked till recently (and he has always had a British Passport). So I didn't have to do any swearing. Still, quite annoyed that just as I get all the paperwork such that I could, if I wished, move there, the UN promptly stops calling it the best place in the world to live and shifts that to Norway.  I could take offence
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Posted Aug 7, 2002 by Digital redneck
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If it is your intention to try and live where ever the UN says it is best to live then you will spend the rest of your life living out of a suitcase. Are you planning to live in Canada or did you just want the passport.
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Posted Aug 7, 2002 by Munchkin
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It is in the back of my mind that I would like to take the opportunity to live there for a couple of years, to really experience the place. Not sure exactly when though, maybe if/when the global economy picks up a bit. I've had a couple of trips over, but it is such a large country that I have barely scratched it. It is sufficiently large, and the accent varies enough that people in Winnipeg thought I came from Nova Scotia. But then I was once in a museum in Ottawa and a passing American Tourist asked if I was Spanish after he overheard me talking to someone else. Just becuase I don't sound like Billy Conelly's wee brother. Hey ho.
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Posted Aug 7, 2002 by Runner
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Where's the best place to live in Canada?
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Posted Aug 7, 2002 by Researcher Eagle 1
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Munchkin,
If it makes you feel any better I was once at a hostel in Uttrecht (sp?) eating breakfast with my (then girlfriend, now) fiancee when a couple of guys from northern England sat down across from us. After introductions, etc they asked if we were from Australia.
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Posted Aug 7, 2002 by Munchkin
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 You didn't call them Bruce or Mate or something did you? Oh, and Runner, wouldn't know where the best place is in Canada. The Maritimes (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and other points East) are supposed to be lovely, rural, fishing village type places. Toronto is a big North American city, but with a slight Canadian slant. Montreal is the same, only they all talk French in a confusing manner. Quebec is beautiful, but if you don't know French you probably shouldn't bother. Winnipeg is windy but right beside a Lake the size of Britain which is nice for paddling. Calgary is great if you like cows and mountains. Vancouver is perfect if you like the sea and mountains. They've all got good and bad points, but overall I like it, hence the potential move one day. And I've not even tried the rural life yet.
"Always on about differances and not our similarities. How the hell do we ever hope to get on as a planet of humans?"
Don't we all have the availability Chinese food in common? There's the first step...
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Posted Aug 8, 2002 by Digital redneck
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I read somewhere that chinise food as served in America bares little resemblance to the way it is prepared in china. Aparently what we call chinise food is actually an application of materials avaliable here to cooking styles the chinise brought with them. It makes me wonder if what I call chinise food is the same as what you guys call chinise food.
All the Chinese food places in the city where I live are run by Chinese people and corner stores and vegie stores are run by Indians (but I don't know if that's the case overseas)
This might interest Americans. European is a term used here to describe someone with white skin. I've had to tick the box European many times (probably comes from being an immigrant nation). So guess what group Americans come under here, for forms and such
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Posted Aug 8, 2002 by GreyDesk
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Elsewhere on h2g2 I've been having a discussion about Chinese and Indian food on either side of the Atlantic. It appears that the two are totally different, which rather implies that neither is going to resemble the food served back in their homeland.
Ho hum, 'bits of chicken in sauce served in a bucket' anyone?
(translation for British researchers - Balti Chicken Tikka Massala)
Maybe the Atlantic isn't such a good place for Chinese and/or Indian.
If the vegetables aren't crunchy and full of flavour then it's not Chinese
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