• d00ery@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        The previous post mentioned Europe and specifically France. I was just clarifying that it’s the same for the UK. 😁

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          4 months ago

          I was just making a joke, since the UK left the EU even though a majority of Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay. Seems like the British are in denial about being part of Europe.

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            4 months ago

            The fact we are separated by the English channel confuses a lot of people I think. There are people who consider that we have a closer relationship to our ex-colonies than to the rest of Europe. Canada still recognizes the English monarchy for some reason for example.

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              4 months ago

              I guess that makes sense. The channel is only 20-ish miles wide though, Madagascar is seperated by ten times as much water but nobody seems to get confused about whether it’s part of the African continent.

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                4 months ago

                Madagascar doesn’t have a country half way across the world recognize their king as their own monarch though.