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Olympics
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Stewart
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Ice said:Actually that's Australasia
I prefer to call it Oceania so that it includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kiribati, American Samoa (they [the Americans]* probably didn't even know they had a Samoa
) and the remainder of Polynesia.Regarding Scotland, I really worry about the non-European world and hope that, one day, it really pulls its head out of its thick arse.
Personally I'm not one of the people (Scots included) that has seen Braveheart and thought that that was the history of Scotland. Even though I hail (for want of a better word) from Scotland I will refuse to acknowledge it in a majority of contexts (equally: England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) as we are the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The country may be Scotland but we are all - including the "Irish" arseholes (excluding those actually from Ireland) - British.
* I'm loathe to call them Americans as they are simply (or simple) parts of two continents: North and South America. I have a U.S. Visa which expires next year (unused) - it's not an American Visa (although that's what it says) but a United States Visa. If it were an American Visa then I'd feel legally justified to go looking for a job in Guatemala....if I felt like it.
So, to cut out the shit, Sapper et al hire new teachers.
True@1stLight
New Member
Lmao, I love it , the Americans got beat at basketball!!! I can't wait to hear Iverson and Lebron talk about how good they are after that! Duncan is the only one I feel bad for.
On the other hand congrats to Phelps and some of the other American men and women swimmers like Hanson who have done well in their events so far.
And Betini for the Road Race finish, along with Zabel even though he finished 4th, he consistently out sprints the peleton for almost a decade now.
Add to that a cheers to the South Africans winning their first swimming medal by breaking the 4 x 100 free world record! That's one way to get your first
Duncan is the only one I feel bad for.On the other hand congrats to Phelps and some of the other American men and women swimmers like Hanson who have done well in their events so far.
And Betini for the Road Race finish, along with Zabel even though he finished 4th, he consistently out sprints the peleton for almost a decade now.
Add to that a cheers to the South Africans winning their first swimming medal by breaking the 4 x 100 free world record! That's one way to get your first
Ice
New Member
Ah ok, when I was a school we were taught that the continent was AustralasiaAbulafia said:
Well that’s not quite how I would have phrased it, but yes it is quite worrying.
Ok, this is where I will disagree - even though I do not like England as a whole, I will always say I’m English rather than British. To me British is a very loose term, much like my saying I am European as I come from a European country. I feel the term British is rather a mockery – nowadays anyone can apply for British citizenship (which will more often than not be granted no matter where they come from). To say that I was British would not automatically mean I was English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish.
RaVeN
New Member
Abulafia said:
Try this on for size, We're only human. And like it or not, that includes you.
As for the Olympics, I coudn't agree more with True's post. It was great seeing the U.S. men's basketball team get spanked. My friends and I are just as tired of the media hype as everyone else is.
The athletes that I'm most in awe of are the gymnists. Go Mo!!!
RaVeN
