Things you've noticed about other countries/communities from movies/TV?

[regentrude]

On 9/4/2023 at 1:01 PM, elegantlion said:

When I'm watching Scandinavian shows, even the average people seem to have a wall of bookcases. 

Every one of my friends in Germany did have/has walls of bookcases. Since the reunification of Germany,  mostly IKEA ;)

[KungFuPanda]

On 9/3/2023 at 1:19 PM, fairfarmhand said:

This looks exactly like middle Tennessee. 

I thought Augsburg, Germany looked eerily like southern WV. 

On 9/5/2023 at 5:16 PM, Melissa in Australia said:

That things are greener in other countries. I mean the trees and grasses. I thought movies had enhanced the green.. Until I travelled to Canada and saw that it is greener. Here in Australia trees and grasses are more of a khaki green 

I’ve never heard “khaki green” as a color descriptor. I’d say “olive drab”, but I’m not positive if that’s a normal color or a military vocabulary word. 

[Melissa in Australia]

Khaki is a colour, there is a whole palate of khaki colours. 

The military might have some uniforms that are khaki, but that doesn't mean they have exclusive use of the colour name  

there is a duck called Khaki Cambell.... Non milliary 😁

Olive drab is a completly different colour

Edited September 9, 2023 by Melissa in Australia

[KungFuPanda]

3 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said:

Khaki is a colour, there is a whole palate of khaki colours. 

The military might have some uniforms that are khaki, but that doesn't mean they have exclusive use of the colour name  

there is a duck called Khaki Cambell.... Non milliary 😁

Olive drab is a completly different colour

Yes, khaki is a light brown that leans yellow. I’m just not familiar with the whole khaki palette. If something is green, I wouldn’t think to call it khaki green even though when you said it i think I knew what you meant. It does make sense. I would just call a muted, tan/green color olive drab. It’s the olive drab nomenclature that I’m not sure is in common usage. Everyone is familiar with khaki. 

[SKL]

Speaking of similar landscapes across the pond ... when driving over the plains of Ukraine, I felt like I was home in the Midwest.

I don't think it's a coincidence that we have a pretty large Ukrainian population where I live.  I assume folks gravitate toward the familiar, and if farmers, toward the type of terrain they're best at cultivating.