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England is cold and grey, and the food sucks. Every mediterranean country is littered with Brits, especially retirees / pensioners.

• usbzcable 6y ago
  > Every mediterranean country is littered with Brits, especially retirees / pensioners. "Littered"? If you replace "Brits" with other groups, are you still happy with the tone of the sentence?
  • padraic7a 6y ago
    Littered isn't necessarily a pejorative term. You could litter a bed with rose petals, or find your path littered with gold coins. It's not necessarily like saying 'trashed'.
    • usbzcable 6y ago
      I had forgotten the alternative definition. Thanks!
    • kowlo 6y ago
      Definitely, it isn't necessarily a pejorative term. In this case however, given the context, I believe it's used as such...
• dang 6y ago
  Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here? Your account has been sliding into flamewar repeatedly already, including nationalistic and regional flamewar. We're trying for something other than that here.