• captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 个月前

      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

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        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.comEnglish
      10·
      3 个月前

      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?

          • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            3 个月前

            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! 🇨🇦

            • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
              2·
              3 个月前

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

            • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              3 个月前

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

    • ChaosCoatiEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      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

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    20·
    3 个月前

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

    • Pantsofmagic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 个月前

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

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    3 个月前

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

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    111·
    3 个月前

    Oof. I’d rate Ohio as one of the more memorable/unique shapes like Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, etc

    • ChaosCoatiEnglish
      8·
      3 个月前

      I’m from the Midwest and when I travel overseas I just tell people I live “near Chicago” cuz it’s the only place between the Rockies and the Appalachians people reliably know.

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    3 个月前

    come on now, wyoming is memorable for being so utterly fucking devoid of people that the entire state has a smaller population than luxembourg.

    • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 个月前

      I remember Wyoming because it’s super square.

      That’s it, literally everything I know about it.

      edit: reinforced by a recent Map Men video.

  • pedz@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    3 个月前

    I think it depends where you live in Canada. I’m in Quebec so the bunch of states you circled in New England with “who lives here?” is rather easy for people living in QC or NB, as they are our immediate neighbours.

    Like, south of Montreal it’s New York, then east of the Richelieu river/Champlain lake it’s Vermont, then New Hampshire when you’re getting east of the Memphremagog lake or south of Sherbrooke, then there’s Maine between NB and QC. I dont know the rest but this part is easy.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    3 个月前

    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.