I was watching CNN and some reporter was talking about living conditions in Africa and he listed DR and Suriname as one of the countries...did anyone else catch this? This happened a few days ago...lol.
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DR a country in Africa?
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Hahaha, it reminds me of when I tell people that I am from Uruguay, and they say "but you don't look African."
JAJAJAJA KE PASAO Uruguay and Suriname are always mistaken for African countries (I guess its because of the name) but I still don't understand why DR would be mistaken for one on national television...not that there's anythin wrong with Africa but I would guess that a national television network would know enough about to DR to know that it is in the caribbeans, in between Cuba, PR, and Jamaica. The reporter listed the countries in this order...
Ethiopia
Uganda
Rwanda
Kenya
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
South Africa
Uganda (he mentioned it twice for some reason)
Suriname
He listed more countries before Ethiopia also, but I started paying attention at Ethiopia...He listed mroe countries after that but I was too stunned to pay attention, all I could think about was...man, I have been living in Africa all this time and I didn't know it. Then I got mad because I never got to go on a safari trip >:O
I'm going to try and find out the name of the reporter also, maybe I can find a clip about it lol
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Amazing that he didn't just call it the 'Dominican'...
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Amazing that he didn't just call it the 'Dominican'...
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this is exactly what I am talking about ... although small percentage of educated Americans do think that Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland are located in Russia :squareeye
Americans and geography don't mix that well.
Antwerp the capital of Brussels (Antwerp is the capital of a Belgian province and Brussels the capital of Belgium)
Belgium that ministate between France and Spain (i wished it was but it is Andorra)
Only 2 of the many mistakes i've heard of Americans visiting Brussels So i'm not surpriced that they place a country on another continent.
Greetings
Johan
Another on from long gone when the Berlin wall still excisted: East berlin isn't it just north of Moscow
Antwerp the capital of Brussels (Antwerp is the capital of a Belgian province and Brussels the capital of Belgium)
Belgium that ministate between France and Spain (i wished it was but it is Andorra)
Only 2 of the many mistakes i've heard of Americans visiting Brussels So i'm not surpriced that they place a country on another continent.
Greetings
Johan
Another on from long gone when the Berlin wall still excisted: East berlin isn't it just north of Moscow
Me Tarzan, you lame
Just go stay at an AI and take one of those "Outback Safari" tours they have, where middle-class gringos get to see the "wilds" of the Dominican Republic.
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When I was in 11th grade in public school in Florida, about half of the students could not point out Florida on a world map. Neither could they find the Atlantic Ocean, some of them actually pointing to continents instead of bodies of water. Guess they had never looked closely at a map or a globe before.
Don't they teach geography anymore? We knew about the rest of the world in grade school.
The Kid posted this before during his second reincarnation:
A co-worker kept turning one of those table globes searching for Antartica.
Same co-worker once quipped, "Argentina? Argentina is in Australia!"
A co-worker kept turning one of those table globes searching for Antartica.
Same co-worker once quipped, "Argentina? Argentina is in Australia!"
They're still thinking USSR. It may end up as part of Russia since Mr. Putin's goal is to put "Humpty Dumpty" back together.
The US seems to be particularly bad in the geography department. As conchman mentioned about pointing their whereabouts on an unmarked map, there was a study and many people wouldnt come close. But it's not unique to the USA, there are just lots of people who don't really care about the rest of the world. I have met a lot of North Americans who think that the DR is on the mainland or in south america. I have met dominicans and uruguayans that think canada is part of the USA, others who think Uruguay is in Africa, or if not part of Argentina. But I have to say that you're average Urugauyan tends to have a better grasp on geography than your north american, probably because at some point they plan on leaving the country, or know people in other places, whereas N. americans are content with where they are and have no plan on seeing the rest of the world.
The trouble I have with this lack of knowledge in the US is the support of their foreign policy, when a pile of people don't even know anything about these other countries where there is US involvement, yet they support the govt. 100%.
The trouble I have with this lack of knowledge in the US is the support of their foreign policy, when a pile of people don't even know anything about these other countries where there is US involvement, yet they support the govt. 100%.
Urban legends?
GW Bush to Brazilian president: "Do you have blacks in Brazil, too"
VP Dan Quayle, after returning from a tour of Latin America, lamented not having learned Latin in school in order to "converse better" with those folks.
GW Bush to Brazilian president: "Do you have blacks in Brazil, too"
VP Dan Quayle, after returning from a tour of Latin America, lamented not having learned Latin in school in order to "converse better" with those folks.
Hmm, I wouldn't be surprise if those are true, coming from Bush, the person who once said "I hope that fish and the human being can coexist in peace", and Quayle who corrected a 1st grader with "Potato is spelled with an e, potatoe". haha.
US, topographic knowledge and foreign policy. The Aussies testing it:
YouTube - Who should USA invade?
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Domnicans are guilty, too
Friend: "?Joseito, en que palte de Nuebayol tu bibe?"
The Kid: "No, yo no vivo en New York; yo vivo en Texas."
Friend: "Eso e' lo mimo, Joseito. To' eso peltenece a Nuebayol."
Friend: "?Joseito, en que palte de Nuebayol tu bibe?"
The Kid: "No, yo no vivo en New York; yo vivo en Texas."
Friend: "Eso e' lo mimo, Joseito. To' eso peltenece a Nuebayol."
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