Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 22:14:43 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)
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 :) Paul
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