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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by dude4you on Sunday September 19, 2021 @09:49AM (#28584296)
More about the progressive thinking if Frederick the great. Afaik the fist steam engine in mainland Europe was deployed in Prussia.
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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by JuettnerDistrib on Sunday September 19, 2021 @01:35PM (#28586193)
> mainland Europe

First time I here that phrase! A testament to the rise of China? The proper term is continental Europe.

Digging a bit further, Wikipedia's[0] article is titled "Continental Europe", but says "mainland" is also used.

Time to speculate: for the British speaking English, the "main" land are the British Isles, so they prefer the term "continental".

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe

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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by dude4you on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:27PM (#28597765)
while I am not a native speaker, I am a us citizen and it is a term that would be used by an uneducated American. but continental is indeed better.
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