A quick explanation about what "Europe" means

Squealpiggy, can you at least be an AA fan? That would make my day. I hated Dirrell

What seems to be the problem. What is wrong with labeling Kessler,Froch and AA European? :sad: Because Kessler's Danish, AA's Armenian, and Froch is British and just because they all hail from Europe doesnt mean shit

Ironic it may be, but it IS entrenched in our language and if I'm not mistaken even Shakesphere has used it. Poet Shakespeare probably invented it. He was a language inventing bastard and a half he was.

Not thick as in "stupid" but rather thick as in "tight": Close or bound together in some way. Poet It's an ironic idiom as thieves are a disparate group as liable to rat out their compatriots as they are to back them up.

Funny,because when an American claims European heritage,not one European would accept them as such.In fact,they loathe it. So are you European or not?

Remember, you'd all be native americans, if it weren't for Europe. Funny,because when an American claims European heritage,not one European would accept them as such.In fact,they loathe it.

I seriously doubt that a centuries old figure of speech will be erased from the English language because somebody somewhere finds "negative connotations" in it. Poet It certainly has negative connotations when you label ALL Europeans such, you bigoted bell end. Squeaky wheels my ass.

"Euro" is code for "white", just like "robot/robotic".

Well the one thing that can unite Europe is that arrogant yanks piss everyone off. But if that's your yardstick then you can count Canada as part of Europe. So if an American is arrogant than it's an abomination,but when a European is as well,then it is tolerated??? Let me guess-you dislike the humble Froch,eh???

Remember, you'd all be native americans, if it weren't for Europe.

Ok. A simile is a literary device used to convey meaning. For example, saying a flower is "pink as a pig". It does NOT indicate that the flower is in any way a pig, but rather that the flower is pink and using the pig as an example of something else that is pink. Most figures of speech in the English language have a literary device of some sort as their root: Simile, metaphore, analogy, ect. Most are also quite ancient, and in a reading of Chaucer (1300s) you can find some that are still in use to this day. Poet OK I get that. Thanks What about thick as thieves then? Stupid in what way? Or does it mean physical thickness? Heck I could just google it thinking about it but I like you :p

Don't confuse the man! You might call attention to the fact that he hates "Yanks" and that's all that matters to him :rofl: Poet Well the one thing that can unite Europe is that arrogant yanks piss everyone off. But if that's your yardstick then you can count Canada as part of Europe.

After saying all that-it is only pure irony that when a fellow European wins against an American-you all seem to find the unity to rejoice and "share" the win though,eh? Not really. I don't rejoice when Wladimir Klitschko spoils his way to another 11 round victory against an American who can't hurt him, I never rejoiced when Sven Ottke managed to steal another fight... for me it's about styles. I like Arthur Abraham's style more than Dirrell's for example. But it has nothing to do with his Armenian/German background.

The squeaky wheels get the grease. That's good. Although it would be nice if you'd make this clear from the offset. I don't have my crystal ball handy, you see. BTW, the phrase "thick as thieves" is a figure of speech that goes back centuries. It does not imply in any way that the objects of the term is are thieves. The key word in the phrase is "AS": Namely it's a simile, a literary device. Poet I'm perfectly well aware of its meaning. It's the negative connotations I object to.

yeah **** europe and **** the UK. Wales was tearing up the SMW division. lol-you mean the same guy who admitted to doing drugs? No wonder Calzaghe had fast hands-he was all "speeded" out!

This will likely fall on deaf ears but I think that a few especially younger yanks should learn exactly what Europe means: It means a massive sack of fuck all. A disparate collection of nations who banded together for fiscal reasons by virtue of inhabiting the same continent. The last 70 years since the end of WWII marks the longest period of time that at least some of the nations in Europe have not been attempting to kill each other. When the football is on do you think that everyone goes "Oh well Italy versus France is just for japes because whoever wins, we're all European right chaps?" Because if you do then you're completely wrong. There is an annual rugby tournament called the Six Nations. Those nations are Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. Is it called "The One Nation cup"? No. Because there are six nations. We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other. We spent the last 1500 years conquering each other. Our sporting competitions are surrogate wars. With that in mind it makes as much sense saying "LAMO teh American fiters r 2 gud 4 da EURO fiters LAMO" as it does for a Dutch boxing fan to claim some sort of moral victory over the United States because Carl Froch beat Pascal Jean. So let's put it this way: If you want to call, say, an English boxer or a German boxer a "Euro" then I can legitimately refer to any boxer from the Americas as "American" or "Mexican" or "Canadian" interchangeably. After saying all that-it is only pure irony that when a fellow European wins against an American-you all seem to find the unity to rejoice and "share" the win though,eh?

We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other. I love you too :kiss:

This will likely fall on deaf ears but I think that a few especially younger yanks should learn exactly what Europe means: It means a massive sack of fuck all. A disparate collection of nations who banded together for fiscal reasons by virtue of inhabiting the same continent. The last 70 years since the end of WWII marks the longest period of time that at least some of the nations in Europe have not been attempting to kill each other. When the football is on do you think that everyone goes "Oh well Italy versus France is just for japes because whoever wins, we're all European right chaps?" Because if you do then you're completely wrong. There is an annual rugby tournament called the Six Nations. Those nations are Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. Is it called "The One Nation cup"? No. Because there are six nations. We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other. We spent the last 1500 years conquering each other. Our sporting competitions are surrogate wars. With that in mind it makes as much sense saying "LAMO teh American fiters r 2 gud 4 da EURO fiters LAMO" as it does for a Dutch boxing fan to claim some sort of moral victory over the United States because Carl Froch beat Pascal Jean. So let's put it this way: If you want to call, say, an English boxer or a German boxer a "Euro" then I can legitimately refer to any boxer from the Americas as "American" or "Mexican" or "Canadian" interchangeably. I raised a similar arguement about 2 years ago, I blame the American educational system for epic failings on geography/history and being completely oblivious regarding the correct use of nationalities, afterall...they are retarded.

When did America become a continent? There is South and North America two different continents. You are reaching, European boy :****you: Stupid Panamanians.

You mean North American? Since South America is its own continent It's all the Americas, what's the difference?