Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:01:12 PST From: mojavegnopsamsp.com (Everett M. Greene) Subject: Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)
Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> writes: > Johannes H Andersen at johsnopsamfitter.com wrote on 09/08/2003 21:16: > > Paul Halliday wrote: > >> > >> Wow! You Swedes have a beautiful country and we only visited two of your > >> towns! I'll stick to the car experiences here, but no doubt I'll upload > >> other comment to my website. > > > > Hey, Scandinavia is more than Sweden. Just thought I should mention it. > > The Swedes are strong and clever, they often beat the Danes in football, > > but why is Sweden always picked when Scandinavia is mentioned. You also > > see this in statistical surveys: Scandinavia = What Swedish people does. > > Sorry Johannes, I used the word "Scandinavian" since we also visited Norway > otherwise I would have just said "Swedish". From my experience in the UK, > Norway is more synonymous with Scandinavia (what with the popular childhood > understanding of Vikings and the like) than Sweden and less so again with > Finland. Thanks for the clarification though; it's interesting to see what > other people perceive to be the common meaning of words we all use. Now you've done it! The Danes are going to be complaining...