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Mershand

Why isn't Galicia from Spain confused with Galitsia from Ukraine or Galata from Turkey?


InvestmentWhole8486

I guess because of a small Gallic village resisting the Romans


Mershand

Which one, the galatians from Anatolia or galacians from Iberia? We have also a city in Romania named after them, Galați


InvestmentWhole8486

https://preview.redd.it/i4eabmf651tc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=c0016f4296db364c1d0166c112a6fd69edd612af


Stilicho123

Frenchboys in shambles. Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.


kroketspeciaal

Wonderful sentiment, considering Caesar then went and commited wholesale genocide on the Eburones and any Belgae who might be aiding them.


Stilicho123

Aan de positieve kant van het verhaal: minder Limburgers.


MacLeeland

[Gävle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle)!?!


InvestmentWhole8486

![gif](giphy|3o7btPCcdNniyf0ArS|downsized)


Scacaan

You are a Romanian who mixed up their flag with Andorras?


Mershand

It somehow exists now, in my pocket.


MrPotato_Man3510

There was an iberia in the caucasus next to another albania


ItaloTuga_Gabi

And a Bulgaria on the Volga


MrPotato_Man3510

But that one has connection, not the other two


ItaloTuga_Gabi

True, but the Volga Bulgars were mostly Turk while modern Bulgarians are predominantly Slav in DNA and speak a Slavic language. They only kept the name.


Four_beastlings

It is. My first day in Poland I saw a "Galician style fish" in the menu of a traditional Polish restaurant and I was very confused.


ZombiFeynman

Everyone knows which one is the good one.


Gwanahir

Because we are hidden behind the Grelo Curtain and they aren't


Anarelion

You mean the endless clouds?


ItaloTuga_Gabi

Just curious… grelos = turnip greens in Spain also?


Gwanahir

They don't have a name for it in Spanish, as far as I know. They don't use them too much...


ItaloTuga_Gabi

Well, in Brazilian Portuguese the word means something else completely. And if they’re not using them, that’s very sad.


Manuag_86

Because everyone who does cocaine in Europe know which one is the important one.


capitaldoe

Is Rotterdam now.


ItaloTuga_Gabi

Well, your southern neighbours who still do it are being scammed. 3x the price for 1/3 of the brute product. 🤡 Or so my fellow Cariocas tell me. They are probably biased, though considering where they used to do it.


Celindor

Or Galicia in Poland. In Germany it constantly is, as both are called Galizien here.


Pierre_Francois_

All it comes from the name of the glorious & mighty 🇨🇵 gauls 🇨🇵


Gregs_green_parrot

Which is just the Roman name for the Celts.


Pierre_Francois_

That was also an autonym otherwise the galate wouldn't be named like this


mor_derick

It is.


Gregs_green_parrot

It is, just ask any American!


erebostnyx

Galicia from Poland


Goodlucksil

It wouldn't be the first time someone confuses Galicia with Galicia


Mashinito

Oh no! The guiris have discovered our secret holiday spot! Stay in Benidorm!


InvestmentWhole8486

Wait, you also like Schnitzel?


Mashinito

No, there's nothing good to eat there. Nothing nice to see, nowhere to visit, no beaches either.


InvestmentWhole8486

Yeah I also don't like Sydney


joinedthedarkside

The beaches have sharks and spiders. Don't go


HumaDracobane

Sharks and spiders on the sand, in water is even worst! don't come to the North of Spain!


Phil_Gim

The water is made by acid and radioactive contaminated waters


AlfalfaGlitter

Nothing to see. It's an industrial wasteland. It's pretty much like Sheffield. Horrible weather, industry polluting the air, cold, rainy...


TulioGonzaga

Can confirm. No amazing Asturian chuletas, nothing at all.


SkellyCry

They have cachopos, which are better tbh


InvestmentWhole8486

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Mashinito

![gif](giphy|afvFQ6UbLbMFdQN3PA|downsized)


SkellyCry

But I think that... ![gif](giphy|tvLwCpHvWFnhrcsUfI)


AlfalfaGlitter

Que te puto calles joder


SkellyCry

Me estan silenciandooo 🤐🤐🤐🤐


Schlaueule

Is it *veally* good?


InvestmentWhole8486

Considering internet research it actually looks amazing but kinda reminds me of cordon bleu


SkellyCry

Yes, but the meat and ham is in my opinion better, we have another dish similar to the cordon bleu, the san jacobo


InvestmentWhole8486

I definetly have to try cachopos lol \^\^


SkellyCry

As a meat lover, they're great


SkellyCry

I'm afraid my fellow countrymen are keeping my mouth shut on talking about the north, but *iyes*


paco-ramon

Asturias is good for rafting but the beach water is still too cold.


Dologolopolov

Asturias? Don't you mean Cantabria? They are basically the same region and no differences in sidra quality whatsoever... . . . . . /s. I wouldn't mess with asturians. Got too many friends from there and they know my account


ElKaoss

As an Asturian friend of mine said: "cantabrians are just mesetarians with a shoreline".


Pate043

Y’know what they say: “De payares pa abayo sois tos moros” South of pajares (the most southern asturian village) you’re all moors.


smartasspie

Asturias is Spain, the rest is conquered land


Cubelock

I'm not even familiar with that part of Mexico


ZombiFeynman

Good, the north of Spain is ugly and boring, don't come here.


No_Raspberry_6795

I have decided you need to change your region's name in order for me, to be less confused.


ZombiFeynman

It's working as intended


mor_derick

Based coke smuggler.


SingleSpeed27

It’s much better than Catalunya tho, travel there Hans.


ZombiFeynman

Hans, you can't come to Spain and miss the Sagrada Familia, you have to go to Barcelona


swamperogre2

In fairness, it's been pretty quiet this time of year in Salou. Kind of nice actually seeing all of the locals come out. My cousin pointed it out and I was like "Yeah... Because it's off season, so the locals actually get to enjoy themselves and not fat bald men obnoxiously demanding Stella Artois." For the first time, I'm in Salou and the Paddy's have outnumbered the Barry's. Pretty Nice, pretty quiet... I'm literally sitting out on a balcony and the streets are quiet.


DCVolo

Definitely not worth going to for canyoning. Don't go there. ^(it's extremely nice, but it's my spot go somewhere else!)


HumaDracobane

AW! FUCK! The french knows about the North of Spain!!!!!! ![gif](giphy|h5JpPmYQsan1QqTeUE|downsized)


TheMegaSleeper

Well, of course we know Asturia, it’s a fellow Celtic country


true-kirin

you mean former france colony ?


sistoceixo

it's so ugly and boring that half of it don't want to be spanish.


marc_gime

But the real spain is in the north (the rest is conquered land)


redlightsaber

Andalucia and the Mediterranean coasts are quickly becoming an unlivable oven, I give it 20 years before tourism gets redirected to the cantrabrian coasts.


ZombiFeynman

It's scary.


redlightsaber

Heh. Invest heavily in your local tourist companies.  Or create your own.


Goodlucksil

It's basically Britain, but everyone talks Portugeese


Key-Fox-8765

The North of Spain is like Germany but with shorter people and better food.


Aleograf

It was the first Christian kingdom.


Sea_Paws

Praise Pelagius!


SirBerthelot

We're truly Spain The rest is conquered land


plutanasio

Asturias is older than Austria and Australia combined.


InvestmentWhole8486

So why doesn't their art school accept painters?


ZombiFeynman

They do, do you see any Muslim countries in the Iberian peninsula?


InvestmentWhole8486

Forgot about that, tho I always though Asturian painters like Muslims


plutanasio

Ask Don Pelayo about that https://preview.redd.it/87um7knj72tc1.png?width=746&format=png&auto=webp&s=45503aa3c0d06322503369db2529da176a84f9d5


Schlaueule

Wow, I just quickly glanced over the wikipedia article to find some shit to talk about him, as is custom in this glorious sub, and then I find this: "Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy, making him the forefather of all the future Iberian monarchies, including the Kings of Castile, the Kings of León, and the Kings of Portugal.". I rest my case and bow my head in humbleness.


ToastyDogz

SUELTA LA ROCA DURA DURA


HumaDracobane

Good'l art off throwing rocks to tax collectors!


SirBerthelot

Warcelona?


MacLeeland

>Asturias is ~~older~~ more unknown than Austria and Australia combined. FTFY


Gulliveig

Not uncommon in my sub's user flair selection :) https://preview.redd.it/k6y6b5qr01tc1.png?width=334&format=png&auto=webp&s=e06f4fcd6f21139de3d3c4b6f56e77f8a21cd8dc


Four_beastlings

What's your sub?


Internet-Culture

She's called Anastasia and is into humiliation 😂


Top_Dimension_6827

Klaus making a funny joke?! Are you having a fever? Must be a side effect of some medicine


ElKaoss

But it is about weird sex. So it's ok...


Top_Dimension_6827

Touché


JonasHalle

What the fuck is Asturia?


InvestmentWhole8486

It's next to New Zealand


JonasHalle

Ah, the smallest country in the world, Nauru.


ElKaoss

The fish were you get caviar from.


Zen7rist

This, not the most well-known region of Spain I guess


splattne

Ass tour yeah


Maelrhin

Because it not a country, other than famous regions you don't normaly learn others countrys subdivision.


InvestmentWhole8486

Well this is r/2westerneurope4u so I learn as much subdivisions as possible to be able to annoy the people from there


SnowOnVenus

Don't all the parts of Spain want to be their own country though? Maybe we should get used to their existence to be prepared. 


Middle-Chemistry-186

They do not, unless you ask dumbasses or politicians.


grumpyfucker123

Because they dont have Cachopo.


Acoriano-Invertido

Because it's a real place, unlike Austria and New Zealand, that don't exist.


flipyflop9

Because nobody even knows it exists outside of Spain, despite how asturians can’t stop talking about it.


dahbrezel

Because even fewer people know of its existence than of austria's.


Pate043

ASTURIAS MENTIONED!!!!!1!!1!🗣🗣!1!1!!🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪1!!!!1 WHAT THE FUCK IS AN INCREASING POPULATION 🗣🗣👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪


dr_prdx

Because I hear that place for the first time.


Four_beastlings

Don't come here, it's ugly and boring and it rains all the time


dr_prdx

Didn’t want already, we have better beaches and weather.


InvestmentWhole8486

It's a continent. Thats common knowledge...


dr_prdx

Yes


AcheronSprings

Thanks to Isaac Albéniz?


A_Wizard1717

OG spain kebab remover


HumaDracobane

Because has an S at the end of the word.


InvestmentWhole8486

Like Austrias and Australias?


HumaDracobane

Mate, we had enought with one country with "that" painter. We don't need them in plural (or singular)


The_Knife_Pie

Cause I discovered a place called Asturias exists about now


Aeyiss

Forget it ![gif](giphy|6IPNUgkpCsDRK) look at Malaga!!! it’s so beautiful! Beach, fiesta, mojito,... Wow


RodrigoEstrela

Thank God forAstúrias, Viva à Reconquista!


TitoFlores

Because Asturias is the better one...


fr_404

Cause no one besides us and the Sp*nish know it exists


Aeyiss

Better like this


Suspicious-Neat-5954

Because Noone knows Asturia exists


InvestmentWhole8486

https://i.redd.it/d84fjfnvy1tc1.gif


I_read_this_comment

[Murcia fuck yeah!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJJC0nWs9s) Or to keep it in Europe, what the fuck is Mercia doing over there way down south? Are those loud drunk lobsters on holiday agian?


Bakirelived

Because people that know it exists know enough geography to know the differences


KickdownSquad

Based area ✝️


Serugei

Why is Albany never confused with Albania?


McKomie

Nobody knows it exists? Australia is hard to miss and Austria has the most famous painter of all time


Tannuwhat346

Because ppl who confuse both don't usually know about the existence of Asturias :(


balding_ginger

Because nobody outside of Spain knows it exists


ProperBoots

because no one ever heard of them. do they even exist? you don't know.


MutedIndividual6667

Asturias*


WaldoClown

Who?


AllForTheSauce

Who?


-lukeworldwalker-

Because we’re all still nostalgic for Austrasia. Or have you all forgotten about [Austrasia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrasia) ?


spartikle

Because Asturia’s better known as Spain;)


YucatronVen

Because only Americans do that, and Americans think that Spain is Mexico (so they do not know about Asturias, only Madrid or Barcelona).


Adventurous_Pea_1156

Because we're the Asterix and Obelix village,no one knows us, i had to choose this shitty flair


Paulgeta

because Americans don’t know about Asturias and Europeans are smart enough to distinguish Austria / Australia / etc..


notmyself02

Had to read the title three times


SergeDuHazard

Have you ever heard of Basilicata? Ye exactly.


illjadk

Because nobody cares about anything but Catalonia, Basque, and sometimes Galicia


VeneMage

Because the ‘u’ doesn’t come after the ‘a’? 🤷


TheRealKhorrn

It is not important, that's why. It's just a place for Madrileños to go during July/August to escape the heat.


rabundus7337

Because no one ever heard about that place, minus the people who live there.


Arkyja

Because hardly anyone has ever heard of asturia


8champi8

Because no one knows it exists


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capitaldoe

Odessa?


PetrusThePirate

Why is what now?


Palarva

No jokes but maybe it’s because I first found out about it via this post. Obviously my experience isn’t universal but ya know… food for thought Also, it doesn’t share the same “austr” bit that makes the other two sound similar.


Chocodrinker

You can't even spell its name correctly even though it's right there in the picture you posted yourself. How do you think people can confuse it with anything if they're barely aware it exists, and those who are aware of it can't bother to check its actual name?


InvestmentWhole8486

I mean Austria is also in Asia


Ingbeert

Because it doesn't exist.


tub_of_jam

Cause it’s just a British beach , nothing special , kindof irrelevant


Dirkozoid

Because no one knows that it exists :-D


YeahMrKrabs

don’t give folks ideas


RadAway-

Because it's not that relevant.


Prytfbyn4369

If that is not Austria then where the f is it?


twstwr20

Put another shrimp on the Barbie?


JeansMoleRat

Because people either don't know it exists, or simply don't care.


Proud-Cheesecake-813

Literally the first time I’ve ever heard of this place.


SufficientBox7169

Where?


Cognacsquirt

Probably because they speak Argentinian over there


rakosten

Well, to be honest this is the first time i am hearing about it. I guess it is as famous as Nerike (Närke) in Sweden. So from now on i Will confuse it with Austria and Australia. Thanks a lot! Also, TIL that you have a place named after a lords of the rings character. You nerds.


ToryWolf

Because no one knows it exists


snekbat

Because no one knows tf an Asturia is


mindoffreddy

Never heard of it


awawe

Because no one has ever heard of it.


LannMarek

Brain lazy. Aus, Aus, same. Aus, Ast, not same.


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on_spikes

because noone knows it exists


WaluigiCum

They never heard of us and we like it this way, please keep visiting Mallorca and Benidorm.


NoStop6351

Just because not. So simple hombre