Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nyssa Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Brits try to identify the 50 US states on a map Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:53:39 -0500 Organization: Logical Insight Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Nyssa@logicalinsight.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:53:59 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2255780ace0b9535a0f4b6679877332b"; logging-data="3159088"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7Q5MXTsx6Zq4PLwbE9+yR" User-Agent: KNode/4.14.5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Hw/qncno+vXOkVE/61hiJ4zCt1A= Bytes: 4090 Rhino wrote: > On 2025-02-05 1:04 PM, suzeeq wrote: >> On 2/5/2025 9:46 AM, Rhino wrote: >>> On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote: >>>> On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino 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] >>>>> >>>>> 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 ;-) >>>> >>>> I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in >>>> the correct place, or even larger cities like Leeds and >>>> Birmingham. And I've looked up some of them on google >>>> maps. >>> >>> You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few >>> places that I've been but if you asked me where >>> Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to look all >>> of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no >>> political significance at all: they don't function like >>> states with their own governments. There are really just >>> two levels of government, the federal government and >>> local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the >>> shires. >>> >>> What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them >>> correctly given a blank map? I think we're from the >>> generation that actually had geography in school and >>> learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt >>> that the current generation of school children - and >>> maybe the previous generation or two as well - got that >>> same information. >>> >> >> Yes I could do all 50 easily, though I might have to >> think about a couple of them. I actually read maps like a >> newspaper or magazine, as if I were planning a road trip >> or two. > > Excellent! I'm a fan of maps too. They're cool :-) > Ditto! I've got a nice collection of state, city, and a few country maps I've gathered over the years, plus if someone I know is travelling. I ask them to pick up a state/local map (freebie ones from visitor centers are perfect) whenever they can for me. When I'm reading a book set in an area I don't know well, I like to get out a map of the area and get a feel for the area. It makes the book more memorable (and sometimes more understandable for history books). Nyssa, who prefers her easily referenced paper maps to online ones too