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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: first world, second world, old world, new world #22539 03/12/2001 8:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 My understanding is that the second world referred to the communist nations, particularly the Soviet bloc. In this definition there is no second world any more (somehow China didn't count). Old world/new world refers to the world known to the ancients, where ancients is as defined by the Europeans. This would include Europe, Asia and Africa. The new world would then be the Americas. There is no congruence between the division of the world into old/new and the division into first/third. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted first world, second world, old world, new world BlanchePatch 03/12/2001 8:21 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Fiberbabe 03/12/2001 8:44 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Faldage 03/13/2001 2:05 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Fiberbabe 03/14/2001 2:31 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world maverick 03/14/2001 4:35 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world musick 03/14/2001 10:50 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Faldage 03/12/2001 8:54 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world belligerentyouth 03/13/2001 7:37 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl BlanchePatch 03/13/2001 1:09 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl wow 03/13/2001 1:23 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl Jazzoctopus 03/13/2001 9:30 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl belligerentyouth 03/14/2001 9:19 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl BlanchePatch 03/14/2001 11:43 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl belligerentyouth 03/14/2001 12:28 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl Bean 03/14/2001 1:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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