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The shit in Spain falls mainly in the fan

Started by celedhring, September 06, 2017, 02:44:20 PM

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Syt

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Josquius

:lol:

I see English wiki just says Catalan now.
Catalan of Spanish citizenship just sounds stupid and draws attention that wouldn't otherwise be there to there being controversy.

Whats the little red dot off the west coast of Sweden? :hmm:
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Barrister

Why does Sicily have it's own Wikipedia?
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Sheilbh

The Serbia/Croat/Bosniak distinction in Bosnia is very interesting :hmm:
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The Brain

Quote from: Tyr on March 09, 2021, 12:10:36 PM
:lol:

I see English wiki just says Catalan now.
Catalan of Spanish citizenship just sounds stupid and draws attention that wouldn't otherwise be there to there being controversy.

Whats the little red dot off the west coast of Sweden? :hmm:

My guess is it's Orust and Tjörn. AFAIK they don't have their own language Wiki, but I'm not from there.
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Duque de Bragança

#1521
Portuguese Wiki says nationality is Spanish but also a leading figure of Catalan modernism, not to mention a fervent Catalan nationalist (last point not mentioned in the Galician page  :D)

I guess it's a matter of interpretation.

PS: took a look at the Galician page

The Larch

The map is a great example of a "here's a hair, tell us how you split it" exercise.  :P

Maladict

The Frisian page says Spanish. Contrarian bastards.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: The Larch on March 03, 2021, 05:59:08 AM
It's also highly hillarious how they try to pass doing the very minimum decent thing to do as an extraordinary display of humility and gracefulness. Like when they announced that they'd send the Crown Princess to a boarding school for the ultra posh in Wales and then said that they'd pay it themselves out of their own assignments. It was like, where do you think those assignments are coming from? And what would you do otherwise, have the state pay it directly for you?

Who builds an ultra posh boarding school in Wales?  :huh:

The Larch

Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 09, 2021, 12:30:16 PM
Quote from: The Larch on March 03, 2021, 05:59:08 AM
It's also highly hillarious how they try to pass doing the very minimum decent thing to do as an extraordinary display of humility and gracefulness. Like when they announced that they'd send the Crown Princess to a boarding school for the ultra posh in Wales and then said that they'd pay it themselves out of their own assignments. It was like, where do you think those assignments are coming from? And what would you do otherwise, have the state pay it directly for you?

Who builds an ultra posh boarding school in Wales?  :huh:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_World_Colleges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_College

What's wrong with Wales? Not posh enough in your mind?

Sheilbh

Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 09, 2021, 12:30:16 PM
Who builds an ultra posh boarding school in Wales?  :huh:
Why not? :huh:

It's perfect - lots of countryside, old, draughty country houses no-one can afford etc.
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Syt

Quote from: Maladict on March 09, 2021, 12:21:43 PM
The Frisian page says Spanish. Contrarian bastards.

Plattdütsch also says Spanish. :D

EDIT: So does Bavarian. However, Allemannian says Catalan.
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: The Larch on March 09, 2021, 12:36:39 PM
What's wrong with Wales? Not posh enough in your mind?

Yeah, where's the snob value?

The Larch

Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 09, 2021, 12:43:48 PM
Quote from: The Larch on March 09, 2021, 12:36:39 PM
What's wrong with Wales? Not posh enough in your mind?

Yeah, where's the snob value?

Not every person in Wales is a sheep herder or a coal miner. I mean, the school is in a proper castle and everything, very Hogwartsy.  :P