17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Peter Trei wrote:
First world: Western (and Westernized) nations Second world: Communist bloc Third world: The rest, mostly poor nations.
That's pretty much how I learned it in school, back in the 60s. Mind you, "third world" wasn't an insult then. I also heard another version: 1st world was Europe/Asia (cuz they were there first), 2nd world was America (they got discovered later), and 3rd was everybody else. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | dave@esi.com.au | VK2KFU @ VK2DAA.NSW.AUS.OC | PGP 2.6 Opinions expressed are mine. | D8 15 71 F9 26 C8 63 40 5E 63 5C 65 FC A0 22 99