:) Yeah, unsurprisingly English-centric in England, alas.
But no-one would have batted an eyelid if the question had been "How do you celebrate its Independence Day in your country". It wasn't obvious to me (it still isn't) that the concept of independence day is sufficiently genaralised that you can just assume it's called "Independence Day" without further qualification without any "do you celebrate...?" or "what do you call...?"
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Date: 2011-07-05 09:16 am (UTC)But no-one would have batted an eyelid if the question had been "How do you celebrate its Independence Day in your country". It wasn't obvious to me (it still isn't) that the concept of independence day is sufficiently genaralised that you can just assume it's called "Independence Day" without further qualification without any "do you celebrate...?" or "what do you call...?"