[Rataxes]

Holland, Sweden, and a few more European countries, stand a lot closer to the USA and GB culturally than the rest of Europe. For instance, I think Holland and the Scandinavian countries are just about the only ones in Europe that don't dub all foreign movies and TV shows. Because our cultures are so "americanized", the English language is firmly rooted in our societies. Since we're so influenced by it in our daily lives, we generally learn it more easily and fully than other Europeans, and thus feel more comfortable communicating in it on forums such as these.

Holland, Belgium and Scandinavia also used to have the highest ratio of Internet connections per household in Europe, and I know Sweden had the largest annual IT growth in the world a few years ago. Don't know if that's still the case though.

[ 12-31-2003, 03:33 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]