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Mira

(22,688 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:51 PM Dec 2014

For the Geographer in us all. Buzz Feed asked the Brits to label our 50 States [View all]

Buzz Feed says:

"We Asked Brits To Label The United States Again, Because It’s A Thanksgiving Tradition"

Last Thanksgiving we asked our London office to (try to) label all 50 states. The results were varied at best. A year on we decided to see if they’ve learnt anything since then. Spoiler: They have not.

Be brave, click on it. But have depends and or Kleenex handy. I for one needed both.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/happy-thanksgiving-we-are-very-sorry

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For the Geographer in us all. Buzz Feed asked the Brits to label our 50 States [View all] Mira Dec 2014 OP

LOL! Very funny! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #1

Florida Man is a point on the map. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #2

That was perfect. progressoid Dec 2014 #26

We really should have states named Dog and Cat shenmue Dec 2014 #3

Funny stuff!!! Suich Dec 2014 #4

The sad fact is that some Americans would do no better. baldguy Dec 2014 #5

Yeah Mira Dec 2014 #9

They have that one too JHB Dec 2014 #12

Priceless. Mira Dec 2014 #13

"Bjork is around here somewhere." WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #15

Actually, I was impressed with some of them truebluegreen Dec 2014 #6

OMG .... this was great!!!!!! LMAO etherealtruth Dec 2014 #7

Kent. Wessex, Sussex. Essex. Kber Dec 2014 #16

Smartypants ... I bet you can also locate them on a map! etherealtruth Dec 2014 #18

Well, Sussex is in the south, northex in the northe, etc. Kber Dec 2014 #21

well England is only about the size of Louisiana hfojvt Dec 2014 #35

There are a ton of 'em, thirty something in Scotland alone! MADem Dec 2014 #38

The last one--"could any American name all the UK counties?" Freddie Dec 2014 #8

Anyway, they changed the counties a few years back Retrograde Dec 2014 #24

these are brilliant!! handmade34 Dec 2014 #10

I think more Brits know New Mexico is a state Warpy Dec 2014 #11

OMG!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Dec 2014 #22

I was trying to deposit a check from New Mex. and the (young) teller kept insisisting "Foreign FailureToCommunicate Dec 2014 #30

Love it. But what is with Maryland and the cookies?! WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #14

Well they managed to get California right NV Whino Dec 2014 #17

Golly--and I've always been told that Americans are unique in their ignorance of other countries Orrex Dec 2014 #19

........ ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #20

Huh. A lot of Brits seem to think NY is in the mid-Atlantic Recursion Dec 2014 #23

It sort of of is Retrograde Dec 2014 #25

I have had college students from here ashling Dec 2014 #27

most americans could't do it iandhr Dec 2014 #28

Very amusing! RoccoR5955 Dec 2014 #29

Half of us here, in the U.S., wouldn't know where Great Britain is located in this great world demosincebirth Dec 2014 #31

K&R!!! I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Those Brits are hilarious! Stardust Dec 2014 #32

Some were really funny. Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #33

Boogie Cousins (DeMarcus) was on the USA basketball team. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2014 #34

Slovakia? How tough is that? hfojvt Dec 2014 #37

i was once asked if Colorado has a beach by an American JI7 Dec 2014 #36

I like Middle Carolina treestar Dec 2014 #39