BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down125
arrow-up1996arrow-down1imageCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareyeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days 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-squareBigAssFan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoSame goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-squareyeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoI feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
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.