I honestly think it is.
The amount of people who thinks Europe and EU are the same thing is really concerning.
And no, it's not only americans. I keep hearing this thing from people living in Europe as well (or better, in the EU).
I also very often hear phrases like "Switzerland is not in Europe" to indicate that the country is not part of the European Union.
Is it so hard for people to understand that Europe is a continent, EU is a federation of European countries, and the two are not the same?
Europe isn't even a continent and has no real definition (none that would make any sense, anyway), so the whole thing is confusing by design
If Europe isn’t a continent, on what continent are the EU member states sitting on?
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I honestly think it is. The amount of people who thinks Europe and EU are the same thing is really concerning.
And no, it's not only americans. I keep hearing this thing from people living in Europe as well (or better, in the EU). I also very often hear phrases like "Switzerland is not in Europe" to indicate that the country is not part of the European Union.
Switzerland has such close ties to the EU that I would consider them half in.
Isn't London on an island, mr. Pedantic?
So I guess Japan isn't Asian then?
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I think you missed the joke
Drifted to the Caribbean.