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| Irish not strong in geography |
| 2008-08-12 |
| Either that, or the Russians are marching on Atlanta. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 This could be some bored wise guy at the paper "taking the piss" from some of his readers. |
| Posted by: Waldemar Uneack9263 2008-08-12 22:49 |
| #6 I suspect someone at the Irish website posted Georgia.jpg and didn't actually look. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-12 12:26 |
| #5 Mixing up Orleans and New Orleans is like mixing up York and New York. The "New" is a dead give away for those clever enough to notice it. We should have begun referring to Georgia as Sakartvelo (their totally legitimate alternate name) when they cut free of the Commies. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-12 12:26 |
| #4 Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton “I personally believe, that U.S. Americans, are unable to do so, because uh, some, people out there, in our nation don’t have maps. and uh…I believe that our education like such as in South Africa, and the Iraq, everywhere like such as…and, I believe they should uh, our education over here, in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.” Host Mario Lopez “Thank you very much South Carolina.” "The Iraq"... I love it. |
| Posted by: 0369_Grunt 2008-08-12 11:57 |
| #3 Not only the Irish in Ireland; but some Americans of Irish descent have the same sense of world geography. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2008-08-12 10:50 |
| #2 But isn't that where Georgia is? It's just like confusing Orleans with New Orleans, which I'm sure happens all the time in certain circles. (We won't mention poor trailing daughter #2 at this moment, 'k?) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-12 10:16 |
| #1 a wee too many pints last night in the pub... |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-08-12 09:46 |