
Each country is labeled with a particular debate or preference that causes division among its people.
Here are some examaples organized by country:
- Iceland: Is a toaster called ristavél or brauðrist?
- Finland: Do you hit your companions in a sauna with a vihta or with a vasta?
- Sweden: What side do you put butter on your knäckebröd?
- Norway: Should the Christmas soda be red or brown?
- United Kingdom: Chippy sauce or ketchup on fish and chips? and How to prounce Scone.
- Ireland: Whether you keep your toaster in the cupboard or not
- United Kingdom: How to pronounce “scone”
- France: Where the Mont Saint-Michel is located?
- Germany: How should a potato salad be made?
- Belgium: Calling fries patat or frite?
- Estonia: Should you put ham on cheese or the other way around?
- Latvia: The pronunciation of November in Latvian
- Italy: The Italian Christmas dilemma: Panettone or Pandoro?
- Spain: The great omelette debate
- Portugal: Which beer is better, Sagres or Super Bock?
- Poland: Sernik should be with raisins or without?
- Romania: Do you call indoor slippers tapuciu or slepi?
- Ukriane: Should borsch be with smetana or without?
- Bulgaria: Should the cucumber in tarator be grated or cubed?
- Slovenia: Whether or not raisins belong in a potica
- Austria: Erdapfel or Kartoffel?
- Turkey: Should menemen be made with or without onion?
- Greece: Souvlaki/gyro naming dispute
Which ones do you think are missing?








John Eastlund says
“Each country is labeled with a particular debate or preference that causes division among its people.”
Ireland vs. Scotland
Do you spell it Whiskey or Whisky?
John Eastlund says
Sweden vs. Norway
Do you spell it lutfisk or lutefisk?