Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1619
arrow-up1619imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoWouldn’t every country refer to the civil war that happened in their country as the civil war. Assuming that they only had one … we’ve had a few in the UK so they have their own names.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoOnly if you want to pretend it was the only civil war in the world.
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoNot really. I refer to our shed as the shed. It’s obviously not the only shed in the world. People tend to use the whatever when there is one whatever that is obviously more relevant to the conversation than the others.
Wouldn’t every country refer to the civil war that happened in their country as the civil war. Assuming that they only had one … we’ve had a few in the UK so they have their own names.
Only if you want to pretend it was the only civil war in the world.
Not really. I refer to our shed as the shed. It’s obviously not the only shed in the world.
People tend to use the whatever when there is one whatever that is obviously more relevant to the conversation than the others.