best EU places to visit?

PJ6 wrote:
> I and a friend are going on a vacation to Europe in a few weeks but
> we still haven't settled on what countries to go. Friends have
> suggested Ireland, Spain, and Italy. I have the freedom to stay if I
> like, and while I want to relax, I'll also want to visit places where
> it would be easiest to relocate and just work. I'm a programmer. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Paul

Europe and EU is not the same.

"Mike....." <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to swiss mate
>
>> Europe and EU is not the same.
>
> yep, russia isnt in the EU.
> --

Or Turkey ... but it might be one day.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:44:42 +0100, Mike..... <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
>Following up to swiss mate

>> Europe and EU is not the same.

>yep, russia isnt in the EU.
It isn't in Europe either.

"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:44:42 +0100, Mike.....
> <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
>>Following up to swiss mate
>
>>> Europe and EU is not the same.
>
>>yep, russia isnt in the EU.
> It isn't in Europe either.

Really? Tell me what continent it's in then.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

AZ Nomad wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:44:42 +0100, Mike..... <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Following up to swiss mate
>
>
>>>Europe and EU is not the same.
>
>
>>yep, russia isnt in the EU.
>
> It isn't in Europe either.

Then ... where is it?

"Giovanni Drogo" <drogo@rn.bastiani.ta.invalid> kirjoitti
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>>>> yep, russia isnt in the EU.
>>> It isn't in Europe either.
>> Really? Tell me what continent it's in then.
>
> Vladivostok or Ust Kamchatsk are definitely in Asia
>
Once upon a time the Imperial Russia spanned in East all the way to America.
Then they sold their property to US Americans.

"Mike....." <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to Giovanni Drogo
>
>>> Really? Tell me what continent it's in then.
>>
>> Vladivostok or Ust Kamchatsk are definitely in Asia
>
> The north¡Vsouth trending Ural Mountains divide European from Asian
> Russia.
>
> (Oxford world Enclyclopedia)


I thought FIFA was the global authority on what constitutes Europe and Asia.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

"Markku Grönroos" <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote in message
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> Canadians can be
>
> 1.Canadian
> 2. North American
> 3. Americans not speaking Spanish

Three is wrong. We're not Americans and therefore cannot be a subset of
Americans.

> But they are not American.

In Canadian English, North and South America are continents and America is
an (albeit little used) abbreviated name for the country that borders us to
the south so an American is a citizen of that country.

Richard

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:43 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:27:19 +0300, Markku Grönroos
><kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote:

>>
>>"Giovanni Drogo" <drogo@rn.bastiani.ta.invalid> kirjoitti
>>viestissä:alpine.LSU.1.00.0807100958590.21972@cb frvqba.ynzoengr.vans.vg...
>>>>>> yep, russia isnt in the EU.
>>>>> It isn't in Europe either.
>>>> Really? Tell me what continent it's in then.
>>>
>>> Vladivostok or Ust Kamchatsk are definitely in Asia
>>>
>>Once upon a time the Imperial Russia spanned in East all the way to America.
>>Then they sold their property to US Americans.

>But Russia still shares a border with the United States of
>America.

huh? w/ alaska? The 'land bridge' hasn't been explosed for eleven
thousand years.

"Richard" <this@is.invalid> kirjoitti viestissä:g559dj$5p$1@dns3.cae.ca...
> "Markku Grönroos" <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote in message
> news:Um_ck.29840$_03.23402@reader1.news.saunalahti .fi...
>
>> Canadians can be
>>
>> 1.Canadian
>> 2. North American
>> 3. Americans not speaking Spanish
>
> Three is wrong. We're not Americans and therefore cannot be a subset of
> Americans.
>
Your algebraic reasoning is all invalid.

>> But they are not American.
>
> In Canadian English, North and South America are continents and America is
> an (albeit little used) abbreviated name for the country that borders us
> to the south so an American is a citizen of that country.
>
All this has very little to do with languages: English, Canadian English or
any other language. For instance Merriam Webster online dictionary define
"American" (noun) as broadest: "inhabitant of North or South America".

So it is. This definition is valid and it ignores Canadian English as well
as tribal languages of Burkina Faso. Naturally it can be a Canadian
convention to exclusively refer to US Americans as Americans. This is not in
contradiction with the fact that Canadians too are American.