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To answer to the thread´s question i think no, they aren´t similar enough to the the world´s most ones. USA is way too huge and too diverse. I believe you can find some more similar countries, it´s not i know but i just think -let´s say Honduras and El Salvador, Argentina and Uruguay. In Europe perhaps Germany- Austria, Netherlands-Belgium, Russia-Belaarus are mor similat than Canada and US.
Just a fyi - Canada the worlds second largest country is also huge and very diverse..
To answer to the thread´s question i think no, they aren´t similar enough to the the world´s most ones. USA is way too huge and too diverse. I believe you can find some more similar countries, it´s not i know but i just think -let´s say Honduras and El Salvador, Argentina and Uruguay. In Europe perhaps Germany- Austria, Netherlands-Belgium, Russia-Belaarus are mor similat than Canada and US.
Germany is relatively small, but still very diverse. Maybe Bavaria and Austria are somewhat similar, surely not Austria to entire Germany. You will probably find countries that are more similar than for example the German states Bavaria and Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Netherlands and Belgium? No surely not, because of the French speaking Wallonie. Flandern and Wallonie are very diverse.
Just a fyi - Canada the worlds second largest country is also huge and very diverse..
LOL..you beat me to it.
There is this perception in the world that Canada isn't diverse in either landscape or people. Even Botti didn't know about the badlands in Alberta...and I can't tell you how many people are surprised to learn about parts of B.C. that are scrubland and look like California.
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Just a fyi - Canada the worlds second largest country is also huge and very diverse..
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LOL..you beat me to it.
There is this perception in the world that Canada isn't diverse in either landscape or people. Even Botti didn't know about the badlands in Alberta...and I can't tell you how many people are surprised to learn about parts of B.C. that are scrubland and look like California.
Also that good quality wines are produced here.
Pretty sure most people know that Canada is larger but i think he or she was talking in terms of how much larger the population of the USA is compared to Canada, more people. more development. more cities. that is where it becomes hard to compare a nation with 300 million people vs one with 30 million people.
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Just read about group dynamics.. They don't just apply to national boundaries either.. They can be regional in nature and cross those but hard to dismiss the concept of group dynamics as they relate to human behaviour and perception - even nationally.. Do we need to twist out every drop of water from the towel here?
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Pretty sure most people know that Canada is larger but i think he or she was talking in terms of how much larger the population of the USA is compared to Canada, more people. more development. more cities. that is where it becomes hard to compare a nation with 300 million people vs one with 30 million people.
I'm not really sure larger population or cities equates on its own to more diversity.. You could have an incredibly diverse smaller sample.. No sense getting the who more diverse argument imo - I think both are very diverse - you'd have to start getting really granular and splitting at hairs.
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LOL..you beat me to it.
There is this perception in the world that Canada isn't diverse in either landscape or people. Even Botti didn't know about the badlands in Alberta...and I can't tell you how many people are surprised to learn about parts of B.C. that are scrubland and look like California.
Also that good quality wines are produced here.
Yeah and its not a matter of saying one is more than the other - its just countering lack of knowledge and ignorance about Canada which drives some lumping it in entirety into the same basket as the U.S.
Examples of the multitude of things that influence our behavior, views and perceptions.
Pretty sure most people know that Canada is larger but i think he or she was talking in terms of how much larger the population of the USA is compared to Canada, more people. more development. more cities. that is where it becomes hard to compare a nation with 300 million people vs one with 30 million people.
Actually, I'm pretty sure most people do not know Canada is larger geographically, even though only by 10 percent. In most of my encounters with people outside of Canada, and that includes Americans, Europeans etc, they really don't have a concept of Canada's size.
Those stories about tourists in Toronto wanting to drive to Vancouver for the weekend are true.
Population, true. Most would know that the population is much larger in the US.
Just read about group dynamics.. They don't just apply to national boundaries either.. They can be regional in nature and cross those but hard to dismiss the concept of group dynamics as they relate to human behaviour and perception - even nationally.. Do we need to twist out every drop of water from the towel here?
I'm not really sure larger population or cities equates on its own to more diversity.. You could have an incredibly diverse smaller sample.. No sense getting the who more diverse argument imo - I think both are very diverse - you'd have to start getting really granular and splitting at hairs.
Yeah and its not a matter of saying one is more than the other - its just countering lack of knowledge and ignorance about Canada which drives some lumping it in entirety into the same basket as the U.S.
I've mentioned this story in other threads, but I've had to explain to a host in Germany that Canada had it's own laws, as well as a friend from Spokane, Washington, who thought US laws applied to Canada.
Germany is relatively small, but still very diverse. Maybe Bavaria and Austria are somewhat similar, surely not Austria to entire Germany. You will probably find countries that are more similar than for example the German states Bavaria and Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Netherlands and Belgium? No surely not, because of the French speaking Wallonie. Flandern and Wallonie are very diverse.
Well, Germany is not the best example then, yes but it is at least monolingual country which can not be said about Canada.
Actually, I'm pretty sure most people do not know Canada is larger geographically, even though only by 10 percent. In most of my encounters with people outside of Canada, and that includes Americans, Europeans etc, they really don't have a concept of Canada's size.
Those stories about tourists in Toronto wanting to drive to Vancouver for the weekend are true.
Population, true. Most would know that the population is much larger in the US.
Its a well accepted fact with everyone i know that Russia and Canada are the largest countries in the world... i used to actually think Canada was bigger than it really was.
I only learned recently that Canada and America are roughly the same size, i used to think Canada was almost twice the size of America.
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He's on the public record stating not only that he did not consult the Queen, but there was no need for him to do so.
I know he said it. I just don't believe it. If he admitted to that he'd be admitting that AU isn't fully independent.
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