Why do people in the UK often pretend they're not in Europe?

[Chairman-Mao]

NJ5 said:

Chairman-Mao said:

NJ5 said:

Chairman-Mao said:
1. They are not connected by land to most of Europe
2. Believe it or not, they're one of the only countries that speaks English in Europe
3. They have their own currency
4. They have the most history out of any European nation
5. They could kick France's ass whenever they wanted!

1. Has already been discussed earlier
2. So?
3. See 1.
4. Not true.
5. France has nuclear weapons :P

 

1. Yes it has

2. Its just another way they are separated from mainland europe. You don't think language barriers exist?

3. Yeah it has

4. Who has more history than Britain?

5. France is too chicken shit to ever use them. Plus France is a joke, how long did it take Germany in WWII? About 1 month right?

2. You might be interested to know that almost all European countries have their own language too. This doesn't make the UK unique. Geez did I really have to point this out?

4. Greece for example?

5. What does this have to do with anything anyway?

 

2. Yeah but in mainland Europe there are different countriest that speak the same language more frequently. For examples, German is an official language of Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland. And Russian is the official language in Russia, Moldova and Belarus, and is widely spoken in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

English on the other hand the official language in just UK, Ireland and the small nation of Malta. All I'm trying to say is while yeah most countries in EU have their own language, there are some languages that are spoken in multiple countries; but English is only spoken in 3 countries in Europe (2 of which are islands not in mainland Europe)

 

4. I don't know much about Greek history, but I'll give you this one.

5. I just like making fun of France