15-03-2006, 03:33 PM
With genuine interest , and in utmost Good Faith :
My wife was born and went to schools in southern Africa ,
and she also has this inclination , not to be quite sure of a difference what a term actually stands for , between a "city" and a "country" , or a "province" even...
at first , I though that to be very personal thing ,
thereafter , I noticed similar behaviour by a good number of other SAfricans , who we met in Canada , U.K. , Middle East , Europe etc...referring to cities as if they were countries , and vice versa .
Statements like "my country , Jo'burg", "Canada is a very big city , y'know" ,
"I jis hate the transport in this country , London..." etc...
Before , I thought this to be a partial dislexia , in some - now , I just don't care ...
and I laugh , with them !
Still , I'm left a little perplexed , sometimes , as to what might be causing such mis/understandings , since the young age/s , it seems...
My wife was born and went to schools in southern Africa ,
and she also has this inclination , not to be quite sure of a difference what a term actually stands for , between a "city" and a "country" , or a "province" even...
at first , I though that to be very personal thing ,
thereafter , I noticed similar behaviour by a good number of other SAfricans , who we met in Canada , U.K. , Middle East , Europe etc...referring to cities as if they were countries , and vice versa .
Statements like "my country , Jo'burg", "Canada is a very big city , y'know" ,
"I jis hate the transport in this country , London..." etc...
Before , I thought this to be a partial dislexia , in some - now , I just don't care ...
and I laugh , with them !
Still , I'm left a little perplexed , sometimes , as to what might be causing such mis/understandings , since the young age/s , it seems...