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I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by PencilAndPaper »

tapworthtg wrote: post #36
Dirlewanger wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Americans are ignorant' You know he was dying for results that would support this. Why else would they ask such an inane question?

He is a she. There's a big picture of her, and she's called Stacey. Or did you not notice as the page doesn't have a pink background and it's about stats?

I totally relate to your frustration here, but you are being petty in your reaction.

If you would like to change the way the language works, hostile personal attacks are more likely to turn people against your cause.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by officemonkey »

tapworthtg wrote: post #58
67726e wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please grow up. It's common for people to default to "he" as when they do not know the gender of the person in question. I didn't even notice the author until you mentioned anything. If anything, your last comment is quite a bit more inflammatory than accidentally referring to a random blogger as a "he".

Fuck you cunt.

Stay classy, ponyboy.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by officemonkey »

kd0amg wrote: post #51
brey wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and then ask 1000 Americans to name a city in Cambridgeshire other than Cambridge. what's your point?

Cambridgeshire? In that case, we're changing it from "Illinois" to "Cook County, IL"!

Evanston, Cicero, Blue Island, Park Ridge, Stone Park, River Forest, Harwood Heights, Steger, Worth, Palos Park.

I can go all week.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by officemonkey »

Kiro wrote: post #27
officemonkey wrote: post #4

Now, ask 1000 Londoners to name a City in Illinois other than Chicago.

Illinois is not a country. You should be glad people outside the US even know the name of the states at all. Do you know any county in Britain?

Yorkshire.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by DanBC »

So ... people have mentioned "priming".

If you stopped me and asked me to name a list of almost anything I guess the results would depend what I'd been doing. Sometimes I'd be great and reel off a nice list of lizards or Belgian scientists or words used by genetic scientists in their papers or whatnot.

I also guess that most people would have similar results.

So, unless you turn this into a game[1] I'm not sure what the point is.

[1] (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2381/scattergories)

[1] (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4862/outburst)

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by officemonkey »

lazyant wrote: post #46
blutack wrote: post #6

Not sure how Manchester could be beloved of anyone.

Manchester United is the #1 or #2 football/soccer "brand" or club with more international recognition (and football is the most popular sport in the world). So to explain the results: The Beatles and soccer.

Manchester United is the #1 sports brand in the world.

#2 is the New York Yankees.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by eksith »

kghose wrote: post #24

I don't know what the author's real motives were (Was it really to beat on the theme that 'Americans are ignorant?), but I personally think this is a good exercise to humble yourself - 'My country/city is not as important as I think it is'. Frankly, Britain is not as important as it once was and hasn't been for half a century. And it's not particularly notable. You would have better luck with Germany, France, Greece,…

Are you from the U.K. or Europe? I'm curious because you used "spoilt" in lieu of "spoiled".

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by officemonkey »

rayiner wrote: post #39
johnchristopher wrote: post #7

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As a belgian european I often wonder if the United States seems as big to americans as Europe seems big to me. I wonder if it feels different to be a citizen of a small country or a citizen of a continent-wide country such as the United States. Or maybe americans feel they are californians or new-yorkers before being american ?

I also imagine it has something to do with how much American culture is exported in the world. As a Belgian, you probably won't be able to go your whole life just watching Belgian movies and TV and reading Belgian books. But it's quite possible and I'd imagine very common to do that as an American.

I don't know. A lifetime of Tintin comic books and "Septante et un" sounds pretty good.

Re: I Asked 1000 Americans to Name a British City Other Than London

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Post by kghose »

eksith wrote: post #98
kghose wrote: post #24

I don't know what the author's real motives were (Was it really to beat on the theme that 'Americans are ignorant?), but I personally think this is a good exercise to humble yourself - 'My country/city is not as important as I think it is'. Frankly, Britain is not as important as it once was and hasn't been for half a century. And it's not particularly notable. You would have better luck with Germany, France, Greece,…

Are you from the U.K. or Europe? I'm curious because you used "spoilt" in lieu of "spoiled".

Uh Oh. You outed me :) I've been around a bit, but in the critical period I was schooled under the British system. It took a bit of adjusting but I've finally got rid of all the 'u's in my spelling, and I fit in very well, thank you.
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