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... or me: A mixture of all the the four nations hereabouts, plus German (whatever that means) a dash of Spanish etc etc ... all the way back to somewhere in Af
by gerdesj 6y ago
... or me: A mixture of all the the four nations hereabouts, plus German (whatever that means) a dash of Spanish etc etc ... all the way back to somewhere in Africa, depending on what the archaeologists dig up tomorrow.
I dare you to define what Turkish, French and old England actually means. For starters: where/when does French stop and German start and vice versa? "Turkish" is just as complicated.
- xwolfi 6y agoAnd the italians? I m french but I sure look a lot more like an Italian than a german. The mongrel nature of Britain is common for all multi border countries... and many are even Germany or Spain. I think we should really define countries by language, mountain and seas rather than blood, and frankly even those are shaky and changing. Maybe the best definition of a country is the largest geographical gradient that could sustain influence from a gigantic power centre without succumbing to another (for me, Paris, for the brits, London)?
- gerdesj 6y agoLondon is France's sixth largest city: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 or it was in 2012!