Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Petrichorwheels]

I've often come across this idea in the UK that all other countries are "just the same" in these cases.

There are artefacets from other countries in several museums in Europe, but I'm not sure of any examples of such great significance to the originating country being taken and retained by other countries.

Well the british empire was more successful than most in recent times but i don't think the basic point is much different. French# took loads of stuff from Egypt. Turin has a big collection. Though when i went kept pretty poorly. Germans took a lot. Some returned of course due to campaign downturns but much lost.
Plus the pergamon?
In truth i don't think the brits worse. Though glad the Benin bronzes are going back from the Horniman. Benin a disgraceful episode.
And don't get me started on the Romans Andy.
# Contrary to what some italians think France didn't pilfer the Mona Lisa.

 

[Profpointy]

Na

Oooh are you sure about that? I was at the Louvre a few months ago, quite apart from the Egyptian wing there were these from the Persian collection.

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Nah, you can't fool me. Those are the statues @Accy cyclist bought by mistake off Amazon

 

[Fastpedaller]

I only found out last Christmas that a manger is an animal trough.
I don't know if I ever questioned what it was, or even thought about it. Quite embarassing

 

[ColinJ]

I only found out last Christmas that a manger is an animal trough.
I don't know if I ever questioned what it was, or even thought about it. Quite embarassing

I always thought it was Away in a Manager!

 

[iandg]

That I can select "English" language when I watch Nordic/Icelandic Noir on Netflix and don't need subtitles

 

[winjim]

I always thought it was Away in a Manager!

Wayne. A manager.

 

[mistyoptic]

I’m rubbish at the BBC weekly quiz

 

[ColinJ]

Wayne. A manager.

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It could be worse... why on earth did Mr and Mrs Kerr name their son 'Wayne'!!!

 

[classic33]

I’m rubbish at the BBC weekly quiz

Your just above average!

 

[ColinJ]

That I can select "English" language when I watch Nordic/Icelandic Noir on Netflix and don't need subtitles

I don't like dubbed dialogue on foreign shows/films - I like to hear the strange accents and languages.

I started watching one programme the other night though and didn't notice that I had the English subtitles on AND the dubbed English dialogue. I was reading the subtitles for some time before I realised!

 

[iandg]

Currently watching "Black Crab" and it's working well in English. I do enjoy listening to the strange accents in the Scandi/Icelandic films too. I never thought about it until I saw a FB post about 1899 (which I had watched how it was supposed to have been watched with all the different foreign accents).

 

[Profpointy]

It could be worse... why on earth did Mr and Mrs Kerr name their son 'Wayne'!!!

For anyone not in the trade it's the name of a vendor of serious electronic test kit. I presume it was established by a Mr Wayne and a Mr Kerr, but still ...

 

[ColinJ]

For anyone not in the trade it's the name of a vendor of serious electronic test kit. I presume it was established by a Mr Wayne and a Mr Kerr, but still ...

I just looked it up - the explanation is HERE.

 

[Chris S]

Christine McVie had a slight Birmingham accent.

 

[Proto]

'Naive'. I've always spelt it 'niaive', and Wordle, Google and the whole world can feck off.