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Do you know your places?

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  • 29-11-2017 1:18am
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    The Backwards Man
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    I was watching a twitter yoke thingy of a Channel 4 voxpop asking them to draw the border here in Ireland, only one of them, an ould beardy buck, drew Donegal into the South (:p)

    Some of the excuses were we wouldn't know where Cornwall or London were on the map, I take great umbridge at that slur.

    Prove me right AH, we know our places, don't we?


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    #2
    Ten of Swords
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    Yes

    Do I win?

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    #3
    The Backwards Man
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    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    Yes

    Do I win?

    A one way trip to Truro.

    Congratulations


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    #4
    MilesMorales1
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    I know where Dublin is.


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    #5
    sligojoek
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    How many people were asked in total? They just showed the extremely bad misses.
    Any English people I know would have a good stab at it.


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    retro:electro
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    All I care about is if there is a sun or a rain cloud over my area on the weather. The rest is irrelevant


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    The_Valeyard
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    Id say a lot of people in this country woulds balls that up. Bit like the boundary commission.


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    #8
    Are Am Eye
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    What mean places know you say?


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    #9
    freshpopcorn
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    For some strange reason I learnt the location of all the English counties earlier this year.


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    The Backwards Man
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    For some strange reason I learnt the location of all the English counties earlier this year.
    Even Rutland?


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    The Backwards Man
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    anna080 wrote: »
    All I care about is if there is a sun or a rain cloud over my area on the weather. The rest is irrelevant

    Them clouds with the sun shining out of them aren't to scale :p


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    freshpopcorn
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Even Rutland?

    Yes!
    I learnt the map with the outline first and then without the outline and even gave a go at a mirrored map.
    My biggest mistake were mixing Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

    Yes, I know it's a little odd.


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    sligojoek
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Yes!
    I learnt the map with the outline first and then without the outline and even gave a go at a mirrored map.
    My biggest mistake were mixing Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

    Yes, I know it's a little odd.

    Yes. Oxford is a complete dump.


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    Noveight
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    If Brits can't point out the border themselves could we not just move it up a few yards every night until we've the 6 counties back again?


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    Your Face
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    Noveight wrote: »
    If Brits can't point out the border themselves could we not just move it up a few yards every night until we've the 6 counties back again?

    Leave it where it is.


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    Skylinehead
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »

    Prove me right AH, we know our places, don't we?

    https://www.sporcle.com/games/mhershfield/us-states-no-outlines-minefield

    I can do this most of the time. I'd sometimes fail on Rhode Island because it's so tiny.


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    sligojoek
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    Noveight wrote: »
    If Brits can't point out the border themselves could we not just move it up a few yards every night until we've the 6 counties back again?

    Or better still. Take back the six counties and move the border around Dublin


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    The Backwards Man
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    Skylinehead wrote: »
    https://www.sporcle.com/games/mhershfield/us-states-no-outlines-minefield

    I can do this most of the time. I'd sometimes fail on Rhode Island because it's so tiny.

    Oklahoma always gets me, ducking nowhere man!


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    Skylinehead
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Oklahoma always gets me, ducking nowhere man!

    Ok I lied I did it again and Idaho kept messing me up. Got it eventually, was trying eastern Washington...

    I know the approximate location of them all but places like Tennessee, no you clicked just inside Kentucky you buffoon :(


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    #20
    One eyed Jack
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    How can anyone not remember FAT DAD from their school days?


    Fermanagh
    Antrim
    Tyrone

    Derry
    Armagh
    Down


    Unless they were never taught it, obviously! :pac:


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    sligojoek
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    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    How can anyone not remember FAT DAD from their school days?


    Fermanagh
    Antrim
    Tyrone

    Derry
    Armagh
    Down


    Unless they were never taught it, obviously! :pac:
    Or alphabetically.

    Antrim
    Armagh

    Derry
    Down

    Fermanagh

    Tyrone.


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    endacl
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    For some strange reason I learnt the location of all the English counties earlier this year.
    In England.
    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Even Rutland?
    Also in England.


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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    I would know the general location of English counties.

    More relevantly, I would certainly know where England, Scotland and Wales are, which is the kind of basic knowledge those Brits were lacking in.


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    Junkyard Tom
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    'Northern Ireland' is a bit misleading in fairness. If it was named Northeastern Ireland it would be more accurate.


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    feargale
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    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    How can anyone not remember FAT DAD from their school days?


    Fermanagh
    Antrim
    Tyrone

    Derry
    Armagh
    Down

    or DAFT AD.
    (or DAFT DA.)


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    #26
    feargale
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    How many people were asked in total? They just showed the extremely bad misses.
    Any English people I know would have a good stab at it.

    Limerick people would have a stab at it.


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    #27
    Arghus
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    A lot of Irish people would be pretty useless at being able to identify where Wales borders England and quite a few wouldn't know much about the location of the Scottish border either, other than it being around the northern part of the island. So I wouldn't feel too superior about it.


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    Kermit.de.frog
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    The video the OP is referring to

    https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/935599685611515904


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    #29
    Del2005
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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    I would know the general location of English counties.

    More relevantly, I would certainly know where England, Scotland and Wales are, which is the kind of basic knowledge those Brits were lacking in.

    Since after the general election there most news channels had to run stories telling the British that Northern Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and who the DUP are is it surprising that some do not know the Irish border. Did they ask any to draw the borders on the island of Britain?


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    #30
    Ficheall
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    I was chatting to a Limerick lady from the plentyoffish dating site only yesterday, and she asked me if Donegal was in Northern Ireland. I've neglected to contact her since.
    Though to give her her due, she did preface it with "This is probably a silly question, but..."

    Though my own geography is pretty crap to be fair - I didn't know where in England Birmingham was until I had been working there for a month, and I didn't know where in the US California was until I had to fly there for work.. Maybe your w'an and I are meant to be (lost) together, after all :o


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