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Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:41 pm
by Sideroller
*slips on banana peel, forgets the capital of Alabama*
Awww, SHUCKS! Ah dun goofed uhgain!
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:43 pm
by Limewater
Sideroller wrote:*slips on banana peel, forgets the capital of Alabama*
Awww, SHUCKS! Ah dun goofed uhgain!
Montgomery. The capital of Alabama is Montgomery.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:56 pm
by Sideroller
NO way. That's the name of a Simpson's character, believe me, I know my TV.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:05 pm
by Limewater
Sideroller wrote:NO way. That's the name of a Simpson's character, believe me, I know my TV.
You're thinking of Charles Montgomery Burns. The Simpsons has several characters who share names with cities, such as Jebediah Springfield, Shelbyville Manhattan, Jasper Beardly, Elizabeth Hoover, Boobarella, Rachel Jordan, Nick Riviera, and Allison Taylor, to name a few.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:09 pm
by Ack
Limewater wrote:Sideroller wrote:NO way. That's the name of a Simpson's character, believe me, I know my TV.
You're thinking of Charles Montgomery Burns. The Simpsons has several characters who share names with cities, such as Jebediah Springfield, Shelbyville Manhattan, Jasper Beardly, Elizabeth Hoover, Boobarella, Rachel Jordan, Nick Riviera, and Allison Taylor, to name a few.
God I love the city of Boobarella.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:10 pm
by brunoafh
Used to watch this show all the time.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:19 am
by jfrost
o.pwuaioc wrote:I've yet to meet a non-American who could accurately locate every state in the US, but plenty of educated people my age can.
Why the hell would a non-American want or need to locate every US state on the map? It's so damn irrelevant.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:23 am
by BoringSupreez
jfrost wrote:o.pwuaioc wrote:I've yet to meet a non-American who could accurately locate every state in the US, but plenty of educated people my age can.
Why the hell would a non-American want or need to locate every US state on the map? It's so damn irrelevant.
I can locate every Canadian and British province on the map. Just because it's irrelevant doesn't mean people aren't going to know that stuff.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:31 am
by jfrost
BoringSupreez wrote:I can locate every Canadian and British province on the map. Just because it's irrelevant doesn't mean people aren't going to know that stuff.
Good for you, but that's really irrelevant to a non-American, really. I might as well ask you to name the 26 Brazilian states. Who cares, right?
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:42 am
by pepharytheworm
jfrost wrote:BoringSupreez wrote:I can locate every Canadian and British province on the map. Just because it's irrelevant doesn't mean people aren't going to know that stuff.
Good for you, but that's really irrelevant to a non-American, really. I might as well ask you to name the 26 Brazilian states. Who cares, right?
Where's Brazil again?