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As a European who often reads material targeted at Americans, I would just assume that is what the author is doing here. The standards for "ancient" are simply
by ThePadawan 4y ago
As a European who often reads material targeted at Americans, I would just assume that is what the author is doing here.
The standards for "ancient" are simply relative to your own cultural history. A 200 year old building in the US is ancient - a 800 year old building in Germany is also ancient.
- Jorengarenar 4y agoThe use of word "ancient" you present here is correct only in very colloquial meaning; it's akin to calling your grandpa a dinosaur. Neither 200 years ago in USA nor 800 year ago in Germany are ancient times in proper meaning of this word.