I used to work with a guy who was very insistent that he was Czechoslovak.
Not Czech nor Slovak but Czechoslovak !
Seemingly his Mother was one and his Father the other and he took great pride in his hybrid identity and allegiance to a country which no longer exists.
Probably loads of folk like that in the former Yugoslavia and USSR as well.
Spam by telegram and get free ad in national newspaper ?
In Ireland its still theoretically an option (as in there is an end-of-school exam one can take in the subject) however its only available in a tiny handful of schools nowadays.
It was more widespread in the first half of the last century.
I see your 80p Lidl loaf and raise you Marks and Spencer 75p.
Despite their upmarket reputation theyre surprisingly reasonably priced on a lot of staples.
EU has a common time zone
Nobody told the Irish, Greeks, Finns and Baltic states ?
The inhabitants on the other hand........
What about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ?
Or the multiple Kingdoms which existed on both islands 1,000 + years ago ?
Historically just about the oldest recognisable country in Europe is France and even it's borders have shifted on multiple occasions.