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By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:48:47 +0000

I was going to say the same thing about hearing the joke with ‘A Brit’ as the punchline. I’m British, btw, and it’s embarrassing not only how many Brits can speak a foreign language, but how many can barely get by in proper English.

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By: Diana in Shanghai

Diana in Shanghai — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:33:32 +0000

I’ve heard the same joke but it was told about British (since I’m an American and fluent in a non-Western language, conversant in 2 others, I laughed hard). But good way to segue into the relevant bit. And fascinating on the obscure islands. Which reminds me of my vow to visit different Great Lakes islands every time I get back to the mid-west. THanks for reminding me!

By: Kav

Kav — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:58:21 +0000

Apparently, about the only thing Canadians are good at is making fun of how little Americans know about the rest of the world and how we stereotype everything and everyone outside of ourselves. The weather in Northern California right now, near the border of Oregon, is about 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit. Did you write this based on the assumption that the entire state of California has 75-85 degree and sunny weather all-year-round? Because if you worldly, cosmopolitan Canadians knew anything even about San Francisco, one of the most famous cities in the world, you’d know that the weather there is far from tropical, and this time of year it hovers in the low-60s. (Oh, and that’s over 300 miles SOUTH of the northern border of sunny, tropical California state!)

By: nanons

nanons — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:21:45 +0000

yeah, and you can actually drive north from canada and hit detroit. only place in canada where you can go north and be in the us (excluding alaska). gotta love windsor.

By: Felix Scharnberg

Felix Scharnberg — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:59:13 +0000

Apparently the border between the US and Canada “along” the 49th parallel has a few surveying errors and can deviate north or south by at least few hundred feet in some places!

By: Felix Scharnberg

Felix Scharnberg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:52:39 +0000

This guy is totally into weird map situations too. Did you know there are several valleys in the Alps that belong to one country but because of their ease of transport to the neighbour country, they either use their currency or postage stamps? Think of those very tiny nations as well in Europe that use a currency of a nearby Country.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:32:45 +0000

Yup I live along that north coast of Lake Erie, we can see the island from here in Kingsville. It’s a fantastic place to live and the best part is calling my relatives in Edmonton throughout the winter to brag about our warm weather.
But we still have some cold days and a fair amount of snow, however it usually thaws between each snow fall.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:15:18 +0000

Cool post, surprising fact for Canadians too (at least me).
Cheers.