Brits Label a Map of the US

[Ben]

Published last Thanksgiving, but I just ran across it. Brits attempting to label the states of the US. Truth be told, most of them did much better than I could if someone were to ask me me to do the same for England's counties.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/its-thanksgiving-so-we-asked-some-brits-to-label-the-us-stat

[Devonai]

Oh, my God, I laughed so much at that. 

Two "nobody cares" for the Cornhuskers, eh?   

[Perd Hapley]

I liked the one where Missouri and Arkansas were the Carolinas.


I hate to say it, but I would flub at least a couple of states out west. The Northeast I would butcher, but it's their fault for being so tiny and uninteresting. 

[Devonai]

You're tiny and uninteresting!

[Perd Hapley]

Hey. I'm not tiny. 

[230RN]

Have at it:

http://www.garotaetiqueta.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/great-britain-map-outline-7818.png

[Balog]

Honest question: unless they are trying for citizenship, why the heck would a Brit know American geography down to the state level?

[RoadKingLarry]

Have at it:

http://www.garotaetiqueta.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/great-britain-map-outline-7818.png

we've got farms and ranches bigger than their counties.

[MechAg94]

we've got farms and ranches bigger than their counties.

Oklahoma might not like being called North Texas. 

Everyone got Texas except for the one person who labeled Colorado as Texas.  Which is partly right if you consider the old Republic's borders. 

[griz]

I'll bet a random batch of American adults would do almost as bad.  I know I would miss a bunch of European countries if asked to label them.

But I have to admit the one where they didn't get even ONE correct was pretty amazing.

[MechAg94]

I have to agree.  I might do well on states, but I doubt I would do more than the major countries when it comes to European and Asian geography. 

[Ben]

I have to agree.  I might do well on states, but I doubt I would do more than the major countries when it comes to European and Asian geography. 

Hey, that's Europe and Asia's fault I say. My globe still has Yugoslavia and the USSR on it. It's not my fault those people keep renaming things. 

I also mess up the NE US all the time.

[Ben]

Honest question: unless they are trying for citizenship, why the heck would a Brit know American geography down to the state level?

Better education system (mostly) and the general historical importance of the US, and despite popular culture, most Europeans have a fascination with the US. Half their TV shows are American (and it's a crackup to hear famous actors dubbed), so they get some knowledge that way.

English is also by far the most common second language taught in schools, so they pick up US facts and trivia that way as well.

[MillCreek]

Thanks to Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife, I now have a much better understanding of the geography of Yorkshire and the East End of London.

[Ben]

Thanks to Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife, I now have a much better understanding of the geography of Yorkshire and the East End of London.

I'm a bit more lowbrow and learned all my facts from 'The IT Crowd" and "Sean of the Dead". 

[230RN]

<risk assessment 50-50>

I'm a slight Anglophile, although not geogaphically speaking.  I could not pick out a single county or shire in Great Britain.  But I am slightly amused by the under-the-table shenanigans of royalty when I have nothing better to do. 

I recently picked this up this titillating little tidbit while looking up something about the actress Lillie Langtry.  While he was married to Princess Alexandra, the Prince of Wales was carrying on an affair with Ms. Langtry, spent lavishly on her, and even built a house for her as a retreat for the both of them to... umm... "carry on."

The Prince complained to her that he had spent enough on her to build a battleship.  Her reply was, "Yes, and you've spent enough in me to float one."


I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.

[MillCreek]

I'm a bit more lowbrow and learned all my facts from 'The IT Crowd" and "Sean of the Dead". 

I knew that someday, it would pay off that I had bought the DVD of Shaun of the Dead.

[Ben]

I knew that someday, it would pay off that I had bought the DVD of Shaun of the Dead.

You're as bad as fistful.

[Tallpine]

To be honest, this resident of "Nobody Lives Here" could only identify a few counties in England.   

Scotland I know pretty well map-wise.   

[Perd Hapley]

Have at it:

http://www.garotaetiqueta.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/great-britain-map-outline-7818.png

Speaking of tiny and uninteresting.   

Half their TV shows are American (and it's a crackup to hear famous actors dubbed), so they get some knowledge that way.

You'd think that might help. I didn't know where Cornwall was located, until I watched a Brit show that was set there. But that's only because I'm a nerd, and I looked it up.

It probably doesn't help that all of our TV shows/movies are set in NYC, California, and Chicago.

[Tallpine]

I didn't know where Cornwall was located

Not much into Brythonic mythology, King Arthur, Susan Cooper, etc are you? 


I dunno about the rest of UK, but the political subdivisions in Scotland have been redrawn a few times in the last 50 years or so 

[grampster]

I have mapquest.  Ergo I don't need to know where stuff is.

[Perd Hapley]

Not much into Brythonic mythology, King Arthur, Susan Cooper, etc are you? 

Uh, no not really. And Susan who?

[RoadKingLarry]

I can at least find all the ports I've been to.

[Tallpine]

Uh, no not really. And Susan who?

Susan The Dark Is Rising Cooper