americans are bad at geography - experiment

[jimpeel]

Okay, Minks, here is my list just to make you orgasm.

Let's start in the Middle East moving down into Africa and just for fun let's do 'em in Pig Latin!

ahrain-Bay
U-yay AE
audi-Say Arabia
Israel
ordan-Jay
yria-Say
ibya-Lay
Egypt
yanmar-May
alestine-Pay (Oh, yeah, that doesn't exist ... yet.)
atar-Kay
Oman
Ethiopia
Ivory Coast
enya-Kay
anganyika-Tay
igeria-Nay
ongo-Cay
outh-Say Africa
arfur-Day
hana-Gay
iberia-Lay
Uganda
ambia-Zay
imbabwe-Zay (Had to look this one up because I could remember Robert Mugabe, the bastard, but not his country.)
unisia-Tay

Australia
ew-Nay ealand-Zay
adagascar-May

Asia:

ina-Chay
ietnam-Vay
outh-Say orea-Kay
orth-Nay orea-Kay
aos-Lay
ambodia-Cay
India
ashmir-Kay (note how I put that between India and akistan-Pay)
akistan-Pay
ongolia-May
apan-Jay
Indonesia

Europe:

England
Ireland
otland-Skay
ance-Fray
ortugal-Pay
ain-Spay
Italy
onaco-May
ussia-Ray
Uzbekistan
urdistan-Kay
orgia-Jay
ermany-Jay
oland-Pay
Austria
ungary-Hay
itzerland-Sway
olland-Hay (see etherlands-Nay)
eece-Gray
arthage-Cay
apland-Lay
eenland-Gray
Iceland
eden-Sway
ithuania-Lay
orway-Nay
etherlands-Nay
ansylvania-Tray
atican-Vay (bet no one got that one)
ugoslavia-Yay (Serbia, Croatia, ???)
Albania


How about some islands (not all of which are countries.)

ong-Hay ong-Kay
ali-Bay
aiti-Hay
ayman-Cay Islands
Antilles
uam-Gay
uerto-Pay ico-Ray
arianas-May Islands
Easter Island
istmas-Cray Island
andwich-Say Islands
onga-Tay
Iwo ima-Jay
amaica-Jay
aint-Say omas-Tay
aint-Say oix-Cray
uba-Cay
Aleutian Islands
anta-Say atalina-Cay
anta-Say arbara-Bay
iji-Fay
auritania-May
aldives-May

The continents:
Asia
urope-Yay
orth-Nay America
outh-Say America
Antarctica
Africa
Australia

The oceans

acific-Pay
Antlantic
Indian

The seas

Adriatic
argasso-Say
editerranean-May
altic-Bay
aspian-Cay
lack-Bay
ellow-Yay
ed-Ray
ead-Day
orth-Nay
apan-Jap
outh-Say ina-Chay


I'm tired. Have to go to bed now. I'll do the Americas tomorrow.

 

[jimpeel]

Okay. Back to the Americas now.

ench-Fre iana-Gay
utch-Day iana-Gay
Iana-Gay
razil-Bay
Argentina
eru-Pay
uatemala-Gay
ili-Chay
exico-May
United ates-Stay
anada-Cay
olumbia-Cay
olivia-Bay
onduras-Hay
icaragua-Nay
Uraguay
araguay-Pay
anama-Pay
enezuela-Vay


I'm done. I know I missed a bunch after I thought about it like enmark-Day and inland-Fay. Oh well.

Now, let's see how many can tell us what countries touch other countries like anada-Cay and the United ates-Stay, the United ates-Stay and exico-May, or exico-May and uatemala-Gay, etc.

 

[2minkey]

interesting that it took you months to come up with the stupidest rendition possible.

 

[jimpeel]

Quite nearly as stupid as the premise itself. Knowing a bunch of names off the top of your head does not make you fluent in geography. That was the point. Didn't expect you to get it.

Real geography entails more than the name of a country. It entails details of that country like its capital, the local dialect, the imports and exports common to that country, and its location on the map in relation to other countries and landmarks. Hell, most people don't know where to even start to glean that type of information.

What countries share a border with Germany? Do you know? How about Guam?

 

[2minkey]

what countries share a border with germany? really? is that all you got little girl?

which dialects do you wish to discuss?

bring it, cornhole.

 

[jimpeel]

Guess you missed the Guam dig.

Okay, how about America, your own country. Name as many dialects as you can.

 

[2minkey]

hmmmm...

do you mean american english dialects or every goddamned dialect of anything here?

 

[jimpeel]

Keep it easy. Just the American English dialects.

 

[2minkey]

here's a few...

standard midwestern english
southern english (and numerous variations therein)
yooper/minnesotan (sarah palin dialect, sorta)
new england-ish
valley girl

there are dozens of minor regional and/or ethnic variations that some may consider dialects, but i really don't. e.g. i don't think "california english" (valley girl) really counts because it is essentially similar to standard midwestern english (i.e. the english used by most in the media)

of course there's tons of little markers of variation. (e.g. the chi-cAAA-go "accent" that refers to a few specific sounds but doesn't differ in literal meaning from standard midwestern. this specific form goes from about buffalo and rochester to across parts of ohio, michigan, indiana, and illinois.) but again, not really a meaningful dialect.

IIRC creoles and pidgins like gullah don't really count as dialects, exactly.

or, the simplest answer possible: anything that varies from standard midwestern english.

 

[jimpeel]

You forgot Cajun and Ebonics.

 

[2minkey]

i was just signifyin'

(i will probably end up reading gates' shit on my ipad... what he studied is not too far from what i did... though with a vastly different population...)