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Subject: Re: [OT] Brits try to identify the 50 US states on a map
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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. 
>Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and 
>are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a 
>list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]

I'm impressed that several people picked out Wyoming.

If I were to identify provinces and territories in Canada, on an
unlabeled map without cities, I'd likely mix up Manitoba and Saskatewan.

>Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. I 
>also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names (NOT 
>the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to pronounce 
>American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all in good fun.

>I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly but 
>I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if most 
>Americans would get them all correct either ;-)

Elementary schools tend to teach how to recognize states by shape. I
don't know why as it's not a geography lesson.

I could probably pick out two German states, perhaps half dozen French
provinces, wouldn't recognize political subdivisions in Russia nor
China. I could probably pick out half a dozen Indian states.