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@DonScacchi said in #57:
> I don't know how well the "reporter" knows geography, but I would say that "Brittany" is the same as "United Kingdom", also called "Great Britain" or simply "England" in the vernacular, and "Bavaria" is a part or rather a state of "Germany".
Yeah, well... no: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany
> "Bavaria" is a part or rather a state of "Germany".
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> I don't know how well the "reporter" knows geography, but I would say that "Brittany" is the same as "United Kingdom", also called "Great Britain" or simply "England" in the vernacular, and "Bavaria" is a part or rather a state of "Germany".
Yeah, well... no: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany
> "Bavaria" is a part or rather a state of "Germany".
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Thanks - I never heard or read that "la Bretagne" is called Brittany - we say Bretagna.
And in way I also thought that with "Bavaria" is more a joke - but you never know, many chessplayers are not realy big clowns or humorists?
And in way I also thought that with "Bavaria" is more a joke - but you never know, many chessplayers are not realy big clowns or humorists?
@DonScacchi
In addition to what @nikonoel explained above, there is a strong clue in the structure of the sentence:
"...Canada, France (and Brittany), Germany (and Bavaria), Italy..."
One will notice that Brittany and Bavaria are both in parenthesis next to the relevant country and also contained within the commas which appear between each country in the list. This structure and punctuation clue us in that the words contained within the parenthesis are noting something relevant to the country proceeding the parenthetical; in this case a specific province or state - generally speaking, a sub-section.
The fact that 'and' is used in the parentheses suggests that there were also attendees from other parts of the country (France, Germany) but it seems these two provinces are specifically mentioned because they are significant in some way.
Hope this is helpful?
In addition to what @nikonoel explained above, there is a strong clue in the structure of the sentence:
"...Canada, France (and Brittany), Germany (and Bavaria), Italy..."
One will notice that Brittany and Bavaria are both in parenthesis next to the relevant country and also contained within the commas which appear between each country in the list. This structure and punctuation clue us in that the words contained within the parenthesis are noting something relevant to the country proceeding the parenthetical; in this case a specific province or state - generally speaking, a sub-section.
The fact that 'and' is used in the parentheses suggests that there were also attendees from other parts of the country (France, Germany) but it seems these two provinces are specifically mentioned because they are significant in some way.
Hope this is helpful?
@SebastianVettel523 said in #10:
> Because of the love to chess (the fact that there's a site where you can improve with or without money) and outstanding work of this guys, are the reason of why I say ''yes'' to lichess.org!
> Because of the love to chess (the fact that there's a site where you can improve with or without money) and outstanding work of this guys, are the reason of why I say ''yes'' to lichess.org!
@ qu0thraven
No, that is not really helpful.
It is enough to mention a country without specifically mentioning a region or part of it.
Practically every country is divided into regions, provinces or "Teilländer". In France it is called "Région",
in Germany there are 16 "Bundesländer".
I don't think any sub-country or region is better or more worth mentioning!
Brittany has a different climate and is situated by the sea - other "régions" do not.
Bavaria is the biggest "state", but it is not more German than the others.
You can just as wrongly write Italy (and Lombardy) or U.S.A. (and California)!
I don't know what you mean by "structure" and "hint",
I mean the whole thing was either a joke or just bad geography skills.
No, that is not really helpful.
It is enough to mention a country without specifically mentioning a region or part of it.
Practically every country is divided into regions, provinces or "Teilländer". In France it is called "Région",
in Germany there are 16 "Bundesländer".
I don't think any sub-country or region is better or more worth mentioning!
Brittany has a different climate and is situated by the sea - other "régions" do not.
Bavaria is the biggest "state", but it is not more German than the others.
You can just as wrongly write Italy (and Lombardy) or U.S.A. (and California)!
I don't know what you mean by "structure" and "hint",
I mean the whole thing was either a joke or just bad geography skills.
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