• Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      With the number of hockey players and associated rivalries churned out by that circle I question the OP’s Canadian credentials.

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      29 days ago

      I’m gonna mix most of the interior ones up and totally forget that Montreal isn’t called Quebec.

      Now the hard mode is Mexico. They have enough states to be confusing and not enough presence in English internet to be memorable

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        25 days ago

        I could have gotten Baja California and Puebla. 50:50 on Yucatán, because Quintana Roo (which I don’t believe I knew existed, even after 11 years of Spanish classes in the US- that’s straight up shameful) is also on the peninsula.

        Holy shit, there’s 31 states. I am going to do some reading because I did not realize how little I knew. I’ve even taken college level Latin American History classes as part of a Spanish minor, but they focused on precolumbian history and American political influence (euphemistically).

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      29 days ago

      The spot near the border is called Toronto, everything else is Alaska junior. There is a small swamp somewhere called “Quebec”. Up north is something beautiful called the Aurora Rae Jepsen.

      How’d I do?

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            Interesting claim, let’s see:

            Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina*, Armenia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada*, China, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal*, Netherlands (country, not kingdom), North Korea, Pakistan*, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, The Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Vanatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Taiwan (to some extent), all use Provinces.

            While Australia*, Austria*, Brazil*, Germany*, India*, Malaysia*, Mexico*, The Federated States of Micronesia*, Myanmar, Nigeria*, Palau, Somalia*, South Sudan*, Sudan*, The United States*, and Venezuela*, all use States.

            More interestingly, the asterisks denote federal systems of government (the rest are mostly unitary or regional). Almost every state system is also a federal system, while most provinces aren’t sovereign.

            Thus, Canada is the weird one out, basically using states while calling them less than states. As usual, they do everything backward. I’m so proud! 🇨🇦

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              28 days ago

              Bah, you call that weird? In the UK we’re a country that contains four smaller countries!

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              28 days ago

              TBH, if Canada wasn’t subject to harsher winters compared to what I can tolerate, I would move there myself.

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      East to west along the US border is Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba?, Alberta?, and BC. I think.

      Then there’s Nunavut. And maybe Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland? I’m realizing I have no idea how many provinces Canada has

      Edit: Looked it up and I definitely missed a few

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    28 days ago

    As a Canadian I’m shit at remembering names, but give me an accurate list of State names and I could complete this map with at least 90% accuracy.

    As it is, having to remember names off the top of my head I would likely only get about 50-60% correct.

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    29 days ago

    My rage at them getting New York wrong is only quelled in knowing that they pissed off many Pennsylvanians in the process.

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    Don’t mind me, just doing my daily 10 (12? 14?) hour commute from western Washington, across the Cascades and the Rockies, to Seattle.

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    Huh. TIL Colorado has a Canadian border. I’ve been in CO for almost 10 years and didn’t know that.