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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
the answer is "oedipal."
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- The pronunciation of 'Oedipal'
- Ireland (people, whiskey, music)
- The Europe-wide ability to make a decent beer, as opposed to the North American fashion of taking all the good bits and running away from them with your fingers in your ears.
- The weird bits of England that don't make any sense (Mummers, Morris Dancing, Darky Days)
- The ability of a continent to have a cultural memory that goes back more than ten minutes; also, monarchy and the castles therewith.
- Pre-20th Century art.
- Pre-20th Century literature.
- Classical/ Renaissance/ Baroque/ Early music.
Actually, pretty much everything about life I like exists in legions in this continent. But then I've spent nearly no time in my life outside of this wonderful continent. East Africa, South Asia, the Middle East and the Far-East are all on the cards, and I'm obliged to visit the West Coast of North America sometime soon.