Love this item from Buzzfeed today, brought to my attention by Pandionna (thanks, Pandi!)
Buzzfeed asked Brits to label the states on a map of the US. The results ran the gamut from hilarious to creative to pathetic — and I’m afraid a lot of Americans wouldn’t have done much better. I’m not about to point and snicker, either. It’s a cinch I couldn’t label the counties of England (or even Colorado) and I would probably do very poorly labeling a map of Europe.
Some of the labels: Mr. State, Mrs. State, Oh God Knows, Thingy, Guns, Lobsters, Who Cares, South Dakota, Further South Dakota, WTF, and Hmm.
My two favorite maps were these two with “Breaking Bad” references, but the others are fun in many other ways. Take time to enjoy them all.
OMG PT. They’re all funny, but the “That’s a lot of Utahs” and “The ‘not a clue’ arrow could probably have extended a little further” ones had me absolutely rolling! 😆
Every time I look at them, I see something I missed before, including all the Utahs.
I know this will sound strange, be what struck me the most was the handwriting. I’m not sure what I would have expected if I’d ever thought about it, but seeing nothing at all distinguishing it as “British” probably wouldn’t have been it. Crazy, right?
Different customs, different vocabulary, different accents I’ll grant you. But different handwriting? Hmm …
i love these so much!
Eye opening for me. I’d never even thought about whether Brits could identify our states.
Superb!!! Would definitely not do better and Stephen King country tag is just a hit, would have said the same for Maine.
Guess I’m not a big enough King fan to think past the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
And they give us a hard time for not knowing the locations of other countries 😉
I’ve been trying to decide if states and countries are equivalent. Not sure.
I’m not sure either. In some ways, it seems like it though. Cultures can vary so widely by state
I mean, is our not knowing European countries equivalent to their not knowing our states?