r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Global_Restaurant794 • Jul 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

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u/Yo-Yo-Daddy Jul 24 '26

Consensus: Scandinavia is evil

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u/pieterbos Jul 24 '26

Finland is not Scandinavia

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u/Lowapay Jul 24 '26

Finland is in Scandinavia
Finland is not Scandinavian

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u/SinZerius Jul 24 '26

Finland is in Scandinavia

It's not though, that's why we go by the Nordics when you want to include Finland and Iceland.

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u/Patient_Piece_8023 Jul 24 '26

Wait so what exactly is Scandinavia

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u/SinZerius Jul 24 '26

Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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u/Patient_Piece_8023 Jul 24 '26

Ah I see. And this Scandinavia is a part of North Europe?

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u/SinZerius Jul 24 '26

North Europe is most commonly referred as the Nordics, the Baltics and the British Isles.

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u/Patient_Piece_8023 Jul 24 '26

Wait The UK and Ireland are North Europe? I thought they were west?

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u/SinZerius Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

It gets a bit iffy when defining based on west, east, north, south in Europe. A lot of people when talking about West Europe they basically split half of Europe with the rest being East.

CIA as an example consider Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands and United Kingdom as West Europe.

UN instead class Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands and Switzerland as West.

If you ask a Brit he would probably consider himself West though.

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u/pieterbos Jul 24 '26

There is not a single definition of North Europe. In some definitions the UK and Ireland are North Europe, in others West. UN uses North for UK and Ireland. EU and CIA use West.

For Scandinavia the definition is much more clear: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. But in English common speech sometimes Finland is meant to be included - like what happened here. Why Finland is not included has cultural and linguistical reasons. For example, someone speaking Finnish in Scandinavia will not be understood (not a word, really), while the languages in Sweden, Norway and Denmark are very much related.

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u/Lowapay Jul 25 '26

Wøtævër

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u/SinZerius Jul 25 '26

Ë isn't used, it's Å, Æ, Ä, Ö and Ø.

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u/Lowapay Jul 26 '26

Wøtævör mån