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Like totally not.
Look how you people lag behind everyone else in beer consumption and make appropriate conclusions.
Germanic you are not.
So now that we unveiled the truth, tell us what's the drink of choice in your non-Germanic countries of Norway and Sweden.
The Danes are a beer-loving people. They are famous for Carlsberg and Tuborg. Norway, on the other hand, have not got the same culture. Alcohol is very expensive and not as available. Most Norwegians drink during the weekends. Binge drinking is also quite common.
1. A Germanic or largely Germanic-derived language
2. Having some Norse genetic and cultural roots
3. A love of beer
4. Being somewhat reserved in character
5. Being generally Protestant
Most Germanic:
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Medium Germanic:
Scotland, England, Wales, Germany, Austria, Finland
A little Germanic:
Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, Estonia
Would you generally agree with my ranking?
Some of those criteria are quite nonsensical. Norse roots or Protestantism don't make you more Germanic. No one would say Austria or Bavaria are not Germanic.
Some of those criteria are quite nonsensical. Norse roots or Protestantism don't make you more Germanic. No one would say Austria or Bavaria are not Germanic.
I agree with the religion bit. Germany and Switzerland have both the same share of Protestants and Catholics.
But Bavaria as part of Germany is already on the list.
I don't see Finns or the Welsh as very Germanic at all.
Then you could probably break especially northern Italy (which seems to be very Germanic people) and maybe even north-eastern spain. The rest of the baltic states, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, the rest of the balkans basically have little to no German influence (even though German people lived as far east as Russia some time in the past).
EDIT: In reality a place like Czech Republic very heavily reminds me of Germany. Prague for example is basically German architecturally. The people also look Germanic. You can go farther east to Bratislava (Slovakia) and the architecture is more or less the same but the people resemble 'Germanics' less. And the culture starts to change to more eastern europe.
Last edited by PosterExtraordinaire; 08-21-2012 at 02:08 PM..
1. A Germanic or largely Germanic-derived language
2. Having some Norse genetic and cultural roots
3. A love of beer
4. Being somewhat reserved in character
5. Being generally Protestant
Most Germanic:
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Medium Germanic:
Scotland, England, Wales, Germany, Austria, Finland
A little Germanic:
Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, Estonia
Would you generally agree with my ranking?
all of scandanavia is more germanic than the uk , so too switzerland and finland , i would also include austria despite the fact that its predomenantly catholic
The Danes are a beer-loving people. They are famous for Carlsberg and Tuborg. Norway, on the other hand, have not got the same culture. Alcohol is very expensive and not as available. Most Norwegians drink during the weekends. Binge drinking is also quite common.
god ( odin ) bless the danes for carlsberg alone , my favourite drink
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