Americans Try To Place European Countries on a Map

[gadjo_dilo]

I can imagine my face if an american would say "I'm from North, South Carolina".......

[Gregor-y]

How about 'northern lower Michigan?'

As someone stated there's a big difference between states, and the further south you go you start running into county loyalties as well. I was at a rally in Tennessee with some local rescue workers complaining about saving 'idiots that float down from Hickman County.' That said one of them had been tanker in the Army and lived a number of years in Germany.

[Starter]

How about 'northern lower Michigan?'

Which is actually a good description of parts of Michigan. If you're from Traverse City, Alpena or Mackinaw City I'm not sure how else you'd describe it.

[Gregor-y]

That's how I try to explain where the Sno*Drift rally is located, near Atlanta, MI.

[Spafranco]

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And can any of us identify African countries?

This is a conversation I had with an American from Florida when I was in Dubai a few years back:

Yank: "Hey there. Noticed your accent. You from Australia?"

Me: "No boet, I'm from sunny South Africa."

Yank: "Oh ok." <blank stare for a few moments> "Where's South Africa?" <he asks with a serious face>

Me: "Erm, at the bottom, you know, southern part of Africa."

Yank: <another blank stare for a few seconds> "Oh yeah, yeah, ok. I think I got it."

Me: Turned and walked away before I burst out laughing in his face. Idiot.[/quote:1mebznv0]

So you chose one American to bash the whole country. Amusing to see this as South Africa, the country ranks way down in knowledge of Math, Sciences and Reading.

I find it difficult to believe what you are telling us. It's one thing talking about Southern Africa. Another to locate and know about South Africa. Like NI and ROI.
I wonder what you would do in the Bayou to get yourself out? Would you be in Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas? Where. Maybe in Biafra, Zaire,Tanganyika and Zanzibar,Abyssinia. How many variations of Congo are there and how many of your citizens of South Africa could place and name without using Google where in the continent they are or even what they were formally known as.
We found how to get to the moon. Did you? Oh yes, you hosted the World Cup, but, we did that before you in '94.

[Roamy]

Don't expect much from a country who elected Obama.

[BDunnell]

Don't expect much from a country who elected Obama.

Or, for that matter, one that contains you.

Merry Christmas.

[Spafranco]

I can name all countries in Europe on a map. I can name almost all countries in the "Americas" on a Map and Asia, Africa and Oceania, however I have no clue on states of the US because that's internal geography of a Country.

Its a different type of geography.

South America is easy because CONMEBOL only has 10 nations; CONCACAF has 41 members though. Mind you, there are 16 countries in the West Indies Cricket Board; so that helps.

Okay, I'm sad. I only know a lot of geography because sport happens there.

It was a great help for me too. A cousin in Bristol sent magazines on soccer I think they were called Shoot and Goal. They had articles on the UEFA cup which I believe was the 'Fairs cup" and others. Then the World cup.

[Jag_Warrior]

I would just draw a big circle around most of Europe and write "former Roman Empire" at the top.

[Gregor-y]

I would just draw a big circle around most of Europe and write "former Roman Empire" at the top.

Or "Germany."

(I'll just let myself out...)