"Elko T"  wrote in message 
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> Blair Leatherwood wrote:
>> On 11/12/13, 10:42 AM, John W. Kennedy wrote:
>>> On Friday, November 8, 2013 1:09:10 AM UTC-5, Joe Chicago wrote:
>>>> I just found a YouTube thing called Star Wreck, an Eastern European 
>>>> spoof on both ST:TNG and Bab 5. Fairly amusing. They even made a point 
>>>> of having Garabaldi put his hands in his pockets!
>>>
>>> Although Finland is in Europe and is eastern, it is not generally 
>>> regarded as "Eastern Europe", as it was never part of the Byzantine 
>>> Empire, is not Eastern Orthodox, has never been Turkic or Islamic, is 
>>> not Slavic, and was never a component or satellite of the Soviet Union.
>
>   Hmmm. It /was/ part of the Russian Empire for over 100 years, and the 
> second largest religious denomination is the Eastern Orthodox. As for the 
> rest, true.
>
>
>> Not only that, it's not usually considered Scandinavia--huge debate on 
>> that one, but I'm on the "it's not Scandinavian" side.
>
>   That depends on where one studied geography. We had the same discussion 
> in rec.sport.soccer. Some learn that the Scandinavian peninsula starts up 
> at the north kink. I, however, learned it as the "Scandinavian Tiger". 
> (You can picture it as a big cat form, Finland and parts of Russia being 
> the hind legs and the tail.)
>
>
>> Poor Finland.  I think the only reason it exists is to have a language in 
>> which to dump all the consonants no one else uses.
>
>   What about Georgia, then? :)

And Wales, too. There's the old joke about a Wheel of Fortune puzzle where 
the topic is Welsh place names and the contestant loses control of the wheel 
because he asks to buy a vowel.
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