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Ha! When I lived in Germany, hanging out with German friends, the topic would sometimes go to poorly educated, dumb Americans who didn't even know Luxembourg wa
by le-mark 9y ago
Ha! When I lived in Germany, hanging out with German friends, the topic would sometimes go to poorly educated, dumb Americans who didn't even know Luxembourg was a country. I'd counter with, do you know the capital of Idaho? The point being geography, like a lot of things, is local.
- iso-8859-1 9y agoI wanted to counter with "but the capital if Idaho is so much smaller than Luxembourg", then I ran the numbers and found out they have almost exactly the same fraction of the total population of USA or Europe, respectively. But that figure does include all of Russia.
- icebraining 9y ago> I'd counter with, do you know the capital of Idaho? Do Americans? Half could not find New York State on a map of the United States. A third of the respondents [Americans aged 18 to 24] could not find Louisiana, and 48 percent couldn't locate Mississippi on a map of the United States. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0502_060502_geography.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0502_060502_...