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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing your name in another language
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 00:49:45 GMT
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In article <Pine.OSF.3.91a.950115232359.8174B-100000@saul3.u.washington.edu> Halldor Arnason <harnason@u.washington.edu> writes:
>On Mon, 16 Jan 1995, Daniel von Brighoff wrote:
>> 
>> Europe (excluding the USSR and Turkey): 1.9 million sq. miles
>> USA					3.6 million sq. miles
>> Source:  Funk and Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary (1977 ed.)
>
>Why on earth exclude the USSR?  Even though large parts of it were in 
>Asia there were also parts in Europe.  You are excluding whole countries 
>like Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and all the Baltic states, and of course 
>huge areas in Russia.  I didn't think people there will approve of your 
>definition of Europe.
> 
>> As for cultural diversity, there are first generation immigrants
>> in the US from *every country in the world*.  They have all brought
>> their native cultures with them.  Can Europe match that?  
>
>Can you name some country, that noone has emigrated from to Europe?
>
>> -- 
>> 	 Daniel "Da" von Brighoff    /\          Dilettanten
>> 	(deb5@midway.uchicago.edu)  /__\         erhebt Euch
>> 				   /____\      gegen die Kunst!
>
>---
>Halldor Arnason
>Dept. of Civil Eng.
>University of Washington
>
>


-- 
	 Daniel "Da" von Brighoff    /\          Dilettanten
	(deb5@midway.uchicago.edu)  /__\         erhebt Euch
				   /____\      gegen die Kunst!
