Kelshara wrote:Outside of the US a "state" is a country. There is no doubt about it. Even now after having lived here this long I often have to think for a second when somebody says "state" about Ohio or another territorial state because it is so natural for me to think country.
Nah... Australia has 5 states (all of them bigger than Texas), 2 territories.
I throw the thing in about Texas because it's comical to see their egocentric view of Texas being "big" as it's the biggest state in their over-segmented country.
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Kelshara wrote:Outside of the US a "state" is a country. There is no doubt about it. Even now after having lived here this long I often have to think for a second when somebody says "state" about Ohio or another territorial state because it is so natural for me to think country.
Nah... Australia has 5 states (all of them bigger than Texas), 2 territories.
I throw the thing in about Texas because it's comical to see their egocentric view of Texas being "big" as it's the biggest state in their over-segmented country.
The size isn't the reason why Texans are proud or as you put it egocentric about the state. In point of fact Alaska is bigger than Texas. I could attempt to explain why we are so proud of the state, but that's a whole other thread .
In any case in the transcripts from the tapes, in the context, it seemed like he was referring to state in the national sense. It could have just been the translator's choice though.
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The size isn't the reason why Texans are proud or as you put it egocentric about the state. In point of fact Alaska is bigger than Texas. I could attempt to explain why we are so proud of the state, but that's a whole other thread
Most Texans haven't been outside the state to compare it to anything!
Kelshara wrote:
Most Texans haven't been outside the state to compare it to anything!
Although that doesn't apply to me specifically, it's probably true (Hell, it takes me a minimum of 4 1/2 hours of driving just to get out of the Texas!). Anyway. I am quite proud to be a Texan, I guess I was just raised that way. Very few states in the U.S. seem to garner a great deal of pride from their populations[1]. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.
[1] Based on my observations of military personnel from many different states.
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