learning states/provinces

[Caleb the Cruel]

Houston is the capital of Texas

wrong
austin is the capitol of texas
when you correct somebody at least be accurate

[f1sh3r]

personally, i live in the USA (Youngstown, Ohio), and i dont know if i can name all the states. im 23 years old, and knowing the names of all the states isnt something that i use on a day to day basis. i sell computers and do web programming.

i bet i can name more PHP functions than you

until i started playing counter strike with some canadians (tom_collins), i didnt even know canada was broken up. i just assumed it was a giant mass, because i was never taught anything about it in school.

just thought id share my lack of knowledge.

[Bozo]

whoa, even up here in northern alberta we know that the U.S is broken Into 52 States

[D.IsleRealBrown]

I am appalled that half of the British and canadians don't know more than 10 states. i am just as appaled that americans don't even know how britain and canada is divided. i find it really embarasing

Are some maps wrong or something?

...otherwise STFU.

[Phobia]

I am appalled that half of the British and canadians don't know more than 10 states. i am just as appaled that americans don't even know how britain and canada is divided. i find it really embarasing

do we need to know a different countries states?

not even americans themselves have to know it, as long as they know there own address, they will get along fine

[Darkfire001]

and come on just cause new york is the most polite city in the world ( and I'm not joking there was a experiment) dosn't mean they are the world capital

......lol.....I hope your joking. Perhaps most polite BIG CITY. Whenever I go up north, more so to New York its WAY more rushed & impolite then down here in the South.

However Big City wise, I'd have to agree that New York might be the most polite big city since Charlotte/Atlanta and what not are very impersonal even by northern city standards.

[N0g]

I am appalled that half of the British and canadians don't know more than 10 states. i am just as appaled that americans don't even know how britain and canada is divided. i find it really embarasing

I am appalled that someone would worry about this.

Go to your downtown area and find some homeless guy sleeping on a bench. Hand him an apple, a bottle of water, or maybe a job application.

Find something more important to be embarrassed about than the percentage of people who know the capital of Guam.

I don't know the states of England or Canada (or Columbia or Russia). If I ever move there, I'll look into it. Until then, my livlihood isn't reliant upon that knowledge.

[Bozo]

Just so you know it isnt states up here its provinces

[N0g]

Just so you know it isnt states up here its provinces

I'm appalled that its provinces instead of states up there...

[Jolly Roger]

Unless you consider it as a tool for memory development, I don't think there's much use to learning the provinces/states of other countries. I moved to a new city back in January and still don't know any of my neighbours by name. I suppose if you're going to be travelling in a foreign country (or your own for that matter), it might be useful to know where you are

[gavin_sidhu]

If your really bored:
http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html

Why is washington D.C. not in the state washington?

[hawkeye]

i dunno cause its in maryland/virginia

[kwolff]

the rest of the world ......man I bet theres 18 or 20 percent of Americans that dont know 10 states ...................too many drugs, beer, smoke ect........... and thats the sadest part of this thread, 10 percent probably couldnt name five ................................They may have played us apocalypse too many times and got confused lol

[Banana Stomper]

Houston is the capital of Texas

wrong
austin is the capitol of texas
when you correct somebody at least be accurate

haha, i'm retarded.... I meant to say largest city.

[kevinc]

I am appalled that someone would worry about this.

Go to your downtown area and find some homeless guy sleeping on a bench. Hand him an apple, a bottle of water, or maybe a job application.

Find something more important to be embarrassed about than the percentage of people who know the capital of Guam.

Yea, because having an awareness if world politics is never useful. If anything, it's more important

I don't know the states of England or Canada (or Columbia or Russia). If I ever move there, I'll look into it. Until then, my livlihood isn't reliant upon that knowledge.

You know that whole issue with the middle east. Well, that does effect your livelyhood. Being aware of world issues is very important. Of course, if you don't vote then it's fine, but if you do, you should make an effort to know what effect your vote will have.

p.s. You know at least know enough to know that England, Canada, Columbia and Russia don't have 'States'

[kevinc]

"Great Britain, United Kingdom, its all the same. I hate how the world has different names for things. Its BS."

No, no it's not.

I also hate the way the world is inconvienient and won't fit into a nice little box for me.



To the original poster. It's not all that weird. I wouldn't expect people to know the internal divisions of countries.

[Thorthoth]

This thread ties in nicely with the ongoing United States Tournament series.

Let's each post the name of a country's province or state. Also list the capital and as interesting fact about it.

I'll go first.
Uttar Pradesh.
Its capitol is Lucknow (How apropos for CC) and it is the most populous state in the world.

[Dukasaur]

Monza and Brianza

This province was separated from the province of nearby Milan. I've googled it, but can't find any reason for the separation. Perhaps one of our Italian members could give us an explanation.

I came across this odd fact when I was recently studying the Iron Crown of the Lombards. The Iron Crown is housed in the Cathedral of Monza. I was reading about the Cathedral of Monza and was somewhat surprised that it was described as being "near" Milan rather than in Milan as I had previously assumed it was. So I looked further and found the additional factoid about Monza and Brianza breaking away from Milan.

[DoomYoshi]

Ignorance: covers one-third of the globe.

[Bernie Sanders]

Ignorance: covers one-third of the globe.

PLEASE NAME THE CAPITAL OF IGNORANCE!

Let me take a guess, hmmmm. Karel?

[karel]

Ignorance: covers one-third of the globe.

PLEASE NAME THE CAPITAL OF IGNORANCE!

Let me take a guess, hmmmm. Karel?

that would be your type of people retard

[Bernie Sanders]

Ignorance: covers one-third of the globe.

PLEASE NAME THE CAPITAL OF IGNORANCE!

Let me take a guess, hmmmm. Karel?

that would be your type of people retard

[Thorthoth]

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, capital: Bordeaux. It is the largest region of France by area.

[KoolBak]

B....capital of Beer

....exhausts my knowledge....

[riskllama]

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, capital: Bordeaux. It is the largest region of France by area.

i wouldn't be taking any French geography lessons from vegetable lasagne, if i were you... . maybe just stick with what you know, Tt : cartoons, for example.