Re: OT How Europe sees the rest of the world

Markku Grönroos <kurkku@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Pete" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
viestissä:44984040$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At some point I referred him to look into "the Bamberg paper"
.....
If somebody had referred me to, say, a "Seattle paper"

That is hardly a fair comparison. Bamberg, beautiful though it may
be, is a small town. Seattle is a large city. If I were to tell you of
"the Kankakee paper", would you really know I was referring to
a small city south of Chicago?

True. However, many years ago a study was published which told that 40% of
the American students at that time were unable to point the location of the
city of Miami in Florida on the map. I really wouldn't make a point if an
American scholar was ignorant of Bamberg's true nature. How many of you know
where Krung Thep resides?

Well, I certainly do, but I've been there.

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