Geography

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Having lived and worked in 2 very different parts of America (New York and Florida) - one time of which I was selling educational products - I can categorically confirm that the Americans are uneducated generally, nay stoopid, and particularly so when it comes to geography.

My favourite quote - was speaking to a family, and one of the kids (about 12 years old) asked me where I was from. I said "Ireland" to which she replied "Hey - that's where Aunty so and so is from" ! To which the 'mom' corrected her "No stupid - that's Rhode Island....." . For everything else in life there's Mastercard....

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I agree with you to some extent, when they learn history and geography at school, they mainly stick with the American version i.e. nothing exists outside of the US. To say they are stupid is a bit of a stretch. It also depends on who you talk to as with anywhere.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

My favourite quote - was speaking to a family, and one of the kids (about 12 years old) asked me where I was from. I said "Ireland" to which she replied "Hey - that's where Aunty so and so is from" ! To which the 'mom' corrected her "No stupid - that's Rhode Island....." . For everything else in life there's Mastercard....

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Similar story ... a mate of mine was in New York, queing outside a club, and got talking to the people next to him, "where are you from", "Ireland", "what state is that in", "No no, IRELAND, y'know ... next to England", "Ahh, you're from near New England", "No, the England in Europe", "Ohh, can you like .. drive there ??" ...... Just ended up explain that there were millions and million of gallons of water in between here and there !! :D