It's Thanksgiving So We Asked Brits To Label The United States

[ZLoth]

From Buzzfeed: It's Thanksgiving So We Asked Brits To Label The United States – We're So Sorry, America

OK, now if you give me a map of the UK, and ask me where all the major places are located, you are going to see how well I flounder.

[ZLoth]

Of course, here are some examples of Americans trying to place the European countries.

[NE2]

OK, now if you give me a map of the UK, and ask me where all the major places are located, you are going to see how well I flounder.

That's more like asking a Britlander to label places in Oregon.

PS: before I looked closely I thought the fourth one had Ozzy pissing on the Alamo.

[english si]

That's more like asking a Britlander to label places in Oregon.

Oregon has several million+ met areas and exports a lot of pop culture/lots of TV/movies set there?

California, maybe.

And Britlander - are you Carl Rogers in disguise?

[NE2]

I used Oregon so the land area would be about the same, but yeah, California would be a better analogy.

[agentsteel53]

Of course, here are some examples of Americans trying to place the European countries.

am I the only one who noticed that the map shows Serbia and Montenegro as one country, as opposed to at least two?

[NE2]

The map's also missing Occupied Vatican and Dan Marino.

[hotdogPi]

Nobody noticed Andorra, correct or incorrect.

[NE2]

Nobody noticed Andorra, correct or incorrect.

One of them did, but it took me reading the comments and then looking closely a third time to spot it.

[agentsteel53]

a lot of people completely omitted even looking at the Caucasian states. 

Monaco is there.  I assume Liechtenstein, San Marino, and the Vatican are omitted for size reasons.  Malta probably as well, though it can easily be included, especially given that Monaco and Andorra are omitted.

but the largest problem - and the one that squarely puts the map into 2003-2006 territory - is the absence of a Serbia-Montenegro (and a Serbia-Kosovo, depending on your definition of "internationally recognized independent state") border.

[Zeffy]

Here's my attempt without using the Internet... I pulled the blank off Google images. Geography isn't one of my strong points. 



I probably would have earned an 'F' had that been an actual quiz. I had enough of them in my language classes already, those didn't go well.

[hotdogPi]

Here's my attempt without using the Internet... I pulled the blank off Google images. Geography isn't one of my strong points. 



I probably would have earned an 'F' had that been an actual quiz. I had enough of them in my language classes already, those didn't go well.

Most of those islands are part of another country.

[english si]

Ireland - yes
UK - yes
Portugal - yes
Spain - yes
France - yes
N.L. - yes
Sweden - yes, but no point as that's three countries.
Austria - yes
Italy - yes
Switz - yes
Russia - yes
Is this even Europe over here? - no it isn't, but it counts as Europe for some reason (probably the bit over that narrow straight)

Score 10. Grade D- Some reasonable instincts, some massive fails, not answering over half.

Only one of those visible islands is a separate country, and (while in the EU) it isn't in Europe.

[agentsteel53]

Only one of those visible islands is a separate country, and (while in the EU) it isn't in Europe.

which one is that?  Iceland?  for them, "in EU" and "not in Europe" are ... it's complicated.  they're an EU candidate, and on both European and North American tectonic plates.

[hotdogPi]

Cyprus also seems to be in the picture.

[agentsteel53]

Cyprus also seems to be in the picture.

oh right.  it's in the EU but it's in Anatolia, geologically speaking.  here I thought politically it had always been considered part of Europe; is it instead part of the Middle East?

[english si]

oh right.  it's in the EU but it's in Anatolia, geologically speaking.  here I thought politically it had always been considered part of Europe; is it instead part of the Middle East?

Geographically, it is in Asia. Politically it's considered Europe (likewise Armenia).

Turkey is a real borderline case, politically, though is obviously a trans-continental country with most in Asia.

[hotdogPi]

Turkey is a real borderline case, because some people think it's in Europe, some people think it's in Asia, and some people eat it for Thanksgiving.

Fixed.

[Alps]

Cyprus also seems to be in the picture.

oh right.  it's in the EU but it's in Anatolia, geologically speaking.  here I thought politically it had always been considered part of Europe; is it instead part of the Middle East?

It's not part of the Middle Eastern clusterfuck, but it's half-Greek and half-Turkish, probably the crazier half of each. Turkey is mostly Asian, and their culture is quite split now (used to be more European). I'd say it counts as Asian.

[english si]

OK, now if you give me a map of the UK, and ask me where all the major places are located, you are going to see how well I flounder.

Your wish is sort of fulfilled - this is something slightly different as this isn't all major places, and some aren't that major.

40 things to label: 20 towns/cities (black dots, A-T), 5 nearby other countries (white areas U-Y), 7 counties (in yellow, 1-7), 3 national parks (green areas, 9, 10, 14), 3 World Heritage Sites (green dots/line, 8, 11, 13), a non-London tourist honeypot (green, 12) and an island (green area, 15)

Some incorrect answers will give you a point if close enough.

[NE2]

U sheep
V three-legged sloths
W for fuck's sake just give it back to the Irish already
X goats
Y frogs
Z haha falklands war

[apjung]

At least the Brits know where Louisiana is located. I guess since they were involved in the War of 1812.

[sammi]

OK, now if you give me a map of the UK, and ask me where all the major places are located, you are going to see how well I flounder.

Hey, that's not the UK. I'll try anyway.

Q - that has to be London.
S - Plymouth; why it's pronounced [plim-uth] is beyond me
T - Dover?

U - Wales
V - Isle of Man?
W - Northern Ireland
X - Scotland
Y - France

1 - Yorkshire
3 - Norfolk
5 - Essex
7 - Cornwall

[Takumi]

R - Brighton
9 - Liverpool
10 - Leeds?

[sammi]

9 E - Liverpool

It should have been a hint that A-T were cities, and 9 is supposed to be a national park.