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Rory_Calhoun27



Joined: 14 Feb 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was in Itaewon a few weeks ago, and asked an Englishman how he liked being from the 51st state..... he didn't seem to like it, not one bit! Evil or Very Mad



But this begs the question- what's the order of the rest of the new states? I assume it's:

52- Canada. They export good beer and hockey down South!
53- Australia- good for the next ENDLESS SUMMER movie!
54- New Zealand. Or for a secondary discussion, are they going to be annexed by Australia? Think 54 B!


I assume most other English-speaking countries are really just part of the UK....

Q: So who becomes the first Asian American state? I vote for Korea! Just to piss off the Oriental Naoleon to the south! Twisted Evil Though i think Japan may take umbrage with that! Wink
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shifter2009



Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rory_Calhoun27 wrote:


52- Canada. They export good beer and hockey down South!
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Dude, we have a long history of annexing mexico bit by bit, bout time we took the whole thing. Tacos for everyone! We got Micro brews and like 9/10ths of the NHL, Canada has nothing left for me
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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Panda wrote:
Taiwan Version but funnier if you read Chinese


Can you translate?
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Kwangjuchicken



Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My first job was on Koje Island. When I moved to Kwangju and was there for 4 years most of my students had no idea such a place existed. They all knew Chejudo, but not Kojedo. Same now in my new school in the Seoul area. When you are a native of a country about the size of Florida one would think that you would know the second largest Island, and especially when it is almost as big as Pusan. Rolling Eyes

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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Panda wrote:
Taiwan Version but funnier if you read Chinese


This is hilarious.
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bufulis



Joined: 19 May 2009
Location: Latvia

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ha ha very nice
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oskinny1



Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Privateer wrote:
Panda wrote:
Taiwan Version but funnier if you read Chinese


Can you translate?


http://img.skitch.com/20080515-aapsadu37c5ycas396u4pukff.jpg
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shifter2009



Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oskinny1 wrote:
Privateer wrote:
Panda wrote:
Taiwan Version but funnier if you read Chinese


Can you translate?


http://img.skitch.com/20080515-aapsadu37c5ycas396u4pukff.jpg


The Asians can be pretty funny sometimes.
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need 2 know



Joined: 10 May 2009

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I resemble that remark! Very Happy
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Rory_Calhoun27



Joined: 14 Feb 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

shifter2009 wrote:
Rory_Calhoun27 wrote:


52- Canada. They export good beer and hockey down South!
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Dude, we have a long history of annexing mexico bit by bit, bout time we took the whole thing. Tacos for everyone! We got Micro brews and like 9/10ths of the NHL, Canada has nothing left for me




And just think of all that tequila!!! Twisted Evil


and I made a faux paz.... the lil' Napoleon is to the North. But you know us Americans- no geography knowledge.... or maybe that's what we want ya to think!!! Wink
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hamlet712



Joined: 16 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
If your basic geography covers 50 states with 50 capitals, geography probably seems a lot more difficult than it would in other countries.

Classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_aPGI5dUeo


Not sure what the statistic on it would be, but id be willing to guess that about 50% of all americans could not name all 50 states in less than an hour, and 75% could not tell you all 50 states and all the capitals.

Many Americans are not concerned about most of the other states let alone knowing much about the rest of the globe.

Im a canadian, and as an educated person I know agerat deal about my own country, a great deal about America ( can name all 50 states and capitals, and I know a great deal about the rest of the globe ( although some of the knowledge is VERY basic)

Anyway, that being said that map is a very cute generalisation.
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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Test your world geography here: http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

Smile
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shapeshifter



Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Paris

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hamlet712 wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
If your basic geography covers 50 states with 50 capitals, geography probably seems a lot more difficult than it would in other countries.

Classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_aPGI5dUeo


Not sure what the statistic on it would be, but id be willing to guess that about 50% of all americans could not name all 50 states in less than an hour, and 75% could not tell you all 50 states and all the capitals.

Many Americans are not concerned about most of the other states let alone knowing much about the rest of the globe.

Im a canadian, and as an educated person I know agerat deal about my own country, a great deal about America ( can name all 50 states and capitals, and I know a great deal about the rest of the globe ( although some of the knowledge is VERY basic)

Anyway, that being said that map is a very cute generalisation.




Do your hear yourself? It's a gifted individual who can convey smugness and stupidity in a single sentence. Consider the proverbial cap doffed!
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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was attending Japanese class under a Korean teacher.
The teacher went to the map and identified South America as Africa.
I thought surely it must have been a mere oversight,
but the following week, she identified China as Canada.
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the whole pig ignorant about the rest of the world and proud of it thing went out the window when Bush left office. Rolling Eyes
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