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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 3397512, member: 147&quot;]It&#039;s very easy to fall into lumping different countries together, also easy to say <i>what&#039;s the big deal</i> when a mistake is made about a symbol when the subject is unfamiliar the the speaker. We all do it at some time I am sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was telling my SIL about a trip I had taken to Ireland, I then told her DH and I want to take a trip to Scotland. Her reply was &quot;Why go there, Ireland and Scotland are the same thing.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>After I stopped looking at her like she grew a second head I pointed out I could say the same thing about Austria and Hungary (DH&#039;s family came from Austria to the US in 1950). Then she got it, but of course she wouldn&#039;t admit to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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