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> I think Germany is the only country that has developed regional Wikipedias (at least Bavaria, Palatinate and Northern Germany). Different varieties of Englis
by derleth 14y ago
> I think Germany is the only country that has developed regional Wikipedias (at least Bavaria, Palatinate and Northern Germany).
Different varieties of English could do that, but English tends to center on an American/Commonwealth divide with only the two prestige dialects everyone else sees as the only 'valid' ones.
- Argorak 14y agoThey _could_. But in Germany, those things are reality, which shows that those groups take these matters seriously. My point wasn't that US culture is not diverse, it was that german culture is very diverse _as well_.
- derleth 14y agoAlso that Germany didn't exist as a unified country until 1871.
- coldarchon 14y agoIt did. That's why it was the "Secound Reich", followed by the infamous third one ..
- anamax 14y agoAlaska and Hawaii didn't become states until 1959. Arizona, which is on the continent, didn't become a state until 1912.
- anamax 14y ago> But in Germany, those things are reality, which shows that those groups take these matters seriously. NASCAR and NFL/College football fans also take such things seriously.