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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:36:05 +0100
From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com>
Subject: Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)


Paul Halliday wrote: > > in article 3F356364.7EE48EC5nopsamfitter.com, Johannes H Andersen at > johsnopsamfitter.com wrote on 09/08/2003 22:11: > > > > > > > Paul Halliday wrote: > >> > >> in article 3F3556A0.F9E76B5Cnopsamfitter.com, 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. > >> > >> Paul > > > > Perhaps this was just an OT observation. I think there can be a tendency to > > over generalise. Another example, Europe = France = Paris. You frequently > > come across books on subjects where the title promises too much; the author > > intended to cover a large spectrum but apparently chickened out at some > > stage. I remember well from the early micro computer days e.g. Computing = > > micro computers = home computer = 6502 based = Vic64! and so on. > > I see where you're coming from now. It was a Vic20 though :) Oops, perhaps it should be a Commodore 64 then.

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