Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 12:03 |
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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> korte:
> To give a better example, how many Americans are able to correctly
situate
> Washington, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Beijing? Those are towns an
educated
> European is supposed to be able to situate (although I admit many
> won't :(( ).
almost everyone I know can correctly situate Washington, Paris, Berlin,
Tokyo, and Beijing.
> It's not anything against Americans, it's just to give a good reference
point.
> Nobody will deny that world geography is better taught in Europe than
in
> America :))) .
I'll deny it. How many Europeans know where Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbaine,
Darwin, and Perth are? Just about everyone knows that they are in
Australia, but how many people know where they are in Australia? I know
where they are because I had to learn them for world geography in school.
> Christophe.
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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