@BonesOfTheMoon to Microblog MemesEnglish • 1 month agoCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.imagemessage-square102arrow-up11.02Karrow-down125
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•1 month agoI have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 month agoThat goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
minus-square@CortlinkEnglish5•1 month agoThat they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoItalians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
minus-squareBigAssFanlinkEnglish2•1 month agoSame goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoI feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
I have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
That goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
That they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
Italians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
Same goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
I feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.