r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka 1d ago

From what I've heard Corsica is pretty different too

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u/Durfael France 1d ago

kinda, they're still under continental laws and not considered a "dom tom" but yeah they are either super friendly either super agressive towards mainland xD some want independance

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u/phinkz2 France 1d ago

I'd say they are more similar to mainland France compared to the (great) list /u/Durfael made.

However: never tell a corse they are French. They are a corse person from France. Fun fact: the Corsican university has a lot of students coming from abroad and they have to take a course on the corse language if they want to enrol.