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Old 03-01-25, 02:27 AM   #1
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It seems many Americans don't even know that there are other countries than the US, Mexico and Canada. Many Americans don't seem to know that the English speak English.

Where do you come up with your stupid Bs ?
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Old 03-01-25, 02:31 AM   #2
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Yeh!! The English speak American!
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Old 03-01-25, 02:58 AM   #3
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Where do you come up with your stupid Bs ?

Experience. Met more than enough of those.
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Old 03-01-25, 04:10 AM   #4
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Experience. Met more than enough of those.

I would put what I know and the understanding of Geography and History by the kids I grew up with against you any day.

And your experience tells you that no one knows Geography like perhaps-you ? A number of us spent time in Germany protecting you. Remember that. We know where Germany is, that's for sure.
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Old 03-01-25, 05:23 AM   #5
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Hey, guys - please! My fault all this - the tenor of my OP was meant to question whether GB is quite as prominent or important as our press seem so needy to hear about in dealings with the US. Perhaps clumsy of me to attempt to illustrate this with the anecdote as I did
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We have to go back to the beginning of the 80's where the Swedish King and Queen was on an official visit in USA.

Each day there were news report from this visit. One day(I'll never forget it)the reporter was visiting a bar/pub and there he asked the quest if they knew Sweden and where it could be found on the map.

Those he asked didn't know there was a country named Sweden...Until he came to this man who was pretty sure Sweden was an island and it could be found north of Japan

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Until he came to this man who was pretty sure Sweden was an island and it could be found north of Japan

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Well... if you go enough North from Japan....
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Old 03-01-25, 11:34 AM   #9
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Hey, guys - please! My fault all this - the tenor of my OP was meant to question whether GB is quite as prominent or important as our press seem so needy to hear about in dealings with the US. Perhaps clumsy of me to attempt to illustrate this with the anecdote as I did

You have nothing to apologize for, Eichhörnchen. I was being facetious when I posted the funny map of England. Of course, you, Jim and others took it as the joke it was meant to be. I know you, Jim and others have a sense of humor here in the Forum's. Some decided to highjack the thread in pursuit of their own agenda. As far as England being Important, rest assured, it is.
You understand the Importance of having a sense of humor in these difficult and uncertain times. Unfortunately, some people don't. It's all good, Eichhörnchen.
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.../\ let's be honest here CW your's and my knowledge of geography does not extend much beyond a hockey rink or a Rugby pitch....and, this being a forum based on WWII, the only geographical primary factotum is: "the Atlantic is an English speaking Lake;" as Donitiz conceded in May of 1943 when he withdrew his lost-cause submersibles from action! That said, my favorite places on the spinning mudball are Moorea, (CubMed-French), Bonaire,(SKUBA-Dutch), and Islay(peat-fired Scotch whisky-Gaelic)!
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Old 03-01-25, 12:33 PM   #11
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.../\ let's be honest here CW your's and my knowledge of geography does not extend much beyond a hockey rink or a Rugby pitch....and, this being a forum based on WWII, the only geographical primary factotum is: "the Atlantic is an English speaking Lake;" as Donitiz conceded in May of 1943 when he withdrew his lost-cause submersibles from action! That said, my favorite places on the spinning mudball are Moorea, (CubMed), Bonaire,(SKUBA), and Islay(peat-fired Scotch whisky)

I must disagree. I barely knew my way around the Hockey rink either. Although, I knew the way to the Penalty box. I suspect, you may well have been the same. That being said, Geography and History was a big deal in my Primary School. The other kids and I learned well. I used to help an older family friend with his oversized Garden. He had served in WW2 and unbeknownst to me at the time, taught me Geography and History as well. He was a good man.
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You have nothing to apologize for, Eichhörnchen. I was being facetious when I posted the funny map of England. Of course, you, Jim and others took it as the joke it was meant to be. I know you, Jim and others have a sense of humor here in the Forum's. Some decided to highjack the thread in pursuit of their own agenda. As far as England being Important, rest assured, it is.
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