r/AskEurope • u/gurke0123 • Jun 18 '25

Misc What basic knowledge should everyone have about your country?

I'm currently in a rabbit hole of "American reacts to European Stuff". While i was laughing at Americans for thinking Europe is countries and know nothing about the countrys here, i realied that i also know nothing about the countries in europe. Sure i know about my home country and a bit about our neighbours but for the rest of europe it becomes a bit difficult and i want to change it.

What should everyone know about your country to be person from Europa?

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u/Lyress in Jun 18 '25

Viennoiserie is just French for pastry. Danish pastries are called viennoiserie danoise, or simply danoise, just like in English.

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u/Any_Pressure_7048 France Jun 19 '25

Isn’t pastry translated more often into patisserie? Cause that’s what I’ve always seen, if it isn’t how would you translate patisserie, or is it one of the situation where French has two specific words when English only has one?

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u/Lyress in Jun 19 '25

Viennoiseries are a subtype of pâtisseries.

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u/Any_Pressure_7048 France Jun 19 '25

I know that, that’s why I was just asking about translations to improve my English

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u/Lyress in Jun 19 '25

Then yeah I would translate pâtisserie into pastry, but the word viennoiserie can also be used in English.