Originally Posted by desperate house:
“Mark, ever heard of Boston Lincolnshire? Here long before Boston Mass.
”
“Mark, ever heard of Boston Lincolnshire? Here long before Boston Mass.
”
and New York a little hamlet down the road.
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Originally Posted by desperate house:
“Mark, ever heard of Boston Lincolnshire? Here long before Boston Mass.”
“Mark, ever heard of Boston Lincolnshire? Here long before Boston Mass.
”
Nope never heard of that place either
Originally Posted by Aurora13:
“and New York a little hamlet down the road.”
“and New York a little hamlet down the road.”
Which was originally new Amsterdam before the British arrived
Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“I do but that would be more state history, maybe in New Jersey schools they teach that, but I'm from Ohio so I know a good amount about Ohio history”
“I do but that would be more state history, maybe in New Jersey schools they teach that, but I'm from Ohio so I know a good amount about Ohio history
”
Wow, this is so fascinating! I know pretty much nothing about Ohio, but I just looked on a map, and these are all names re-used by settlers from their old countries:
Dublin, Newark, Kettering, Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster, Athens, Florence, Portsmouth, Vienna, Paris, Lebanon, Glasgow, Manchester, Middlesborough ... sure there are more.
Amazing to think of people from all of those places settling in Ohio.
Originally Posted by ianradioian:
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
Be fair, Jersey's a small island nearer to France than Britain. Not sure why an American would have heard of it. Some Brits probably haven't heard of it.
Originally Posted by ianradioian:
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
LOL I'm not, you know British geography is not something they teach here in school.....well at least not any school I went to. They teach you US geography, your state geography and World geography and don't bother going into great detail about each country.
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“LOL I'm not, you know British geography is not something they teach here in school.....well at least not any school I went to. They teach you US geography, your state geography and World geography and don't bother going into great detail about each country.”
“LOL I'm not, you know British geography is not something they teach here in school.....well at least not any school I went to. They teach you US geography, your state geography and World geography and don't bother going into great detail about each country.”
I'm relieved that in Ireland we are educated about the world. No offence but the US education system sounds rather insular.
Originally Posted by sorcha_healy27:
“I'm relieved that in Ireland we are educated about the world. No offence but the US education system sounds rather insular.”
“I'm relieved that in Ireland we are educated about the world. No offence but the US education system sounds rather insular.”
No offence to Mark, obviously, but US education is famously not exactly hot on the rest of the world. Huge number of Americans never travel outside their own country, and an even higher proportion couldn't pinpoint even Europe on a map, let alone anywhere else.
USA is the centre of the world, nothing else matters much to them.
Originally Posted by sorcha_healy27:
“I'm relieved that in Ireland we are educated about the world. No offence but the US education system sounds rather insular.”
“I'm relieved that in Ireland we are educated about the world. No offence but the US education system sounds rather insular.”
None taken and they've been saying that the US is falling behind the rest of the world in education. And you have a lot of states like mine that have Republican governors who are all about cutting funding for public education.
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“Face palm I am. I had no idea there was some place just called Jersey. But now that I think about it, it makes sense since we have New Mexico and then there is Mexico...but then that means there are places called York and Hampshire as well...right?”
“Face palm I am. I had no idea there was some place just called Jersey. But now that I think about it, it makes sense since we have New Mexico and then there is Mexico...but then that means there are places called York and Hampshire as well...right?”
Shall we start on the Scottish place names in USA and Canada too?
Nova Scotia,Bannockburn, Stirling, Aberdeen, variations on Edinburgh and Glasgow,. I just looked it up on Wikipedia and thete' s hundreds of place names of Scottish derivation in the USA and Canafa
There' s even an Alloa in Canada, like my hometownThen there' s the ones that were named after British royalty...
We did like to colonise
No Emmerdale though
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“None taken and they've been saying that the US is falling behind the rest of the world in education. And you have a lot of states like mine that have Republican governors who are all about cutting funding for public education.”
“None taken and they've been saying that the US is falling behind the rest of the world in education. And you have a lot of states like mine that have Republican governors who are all about cutting funding for public education.”
You really are so good natured Mark.
Originally Posted by cyrilandshirley:
“No offence to Mark, obviously, but US education is famously not exactly hot on the rest of the world. Huge number of Americans never travel outside their own country, and an even higher proportion couldn't pinpoint even Europe on a map, let alone anywhere else.
USA is the centre of the world, nothing else matters much to them.”
“No offence to Mark, obviously, but US education is famously not exactly hot on the rest of the world. Huge number of Americans never travel outside their own country, and an even higher proportion couldn't pinpoint even Europe on a map, let alone anywhere else.
USA is the centre of the world, nothing else matters much to them.”
Well to be fair its easier for you to travel other countries as yours borders several others. With the US the only affordable country we can travel to is Canada, even Mexico is expensive unless you live in the western states. Like when I went to Vegas a few years ago the plane ticket was 400 bucks. To go to Europe it'd probably well over a grand for the plane ticket.
Originally Posted by kwynne42:
“Just to enquire but will Sarah be able to have children? she had that nasty disease and had chemopherapy and stuff which might mean she can't.
Anyway won't old Sarah have a new face when she returns in a year and a bits time along with Debbie from actress baby leave.? or is she staying with Andy?”
“Just to enquire but will Sarah be able to have children? she had that nasty disease and had chemopherapy and stuff which might mean she can't.
Anyway won't old Sarah have a new face when she returns in a year and a bits time along with Debbie from actress baby leave.? or is she staying with Andy?”
I doubt it. With grown women they offer the chance to harvest eggs before chemo.
Originally Posted by cyrilandshirley:
“Wow, this is so fascinating! I know pretty much nothing about Ohio, but I just looked on a map, and these are all names re-used by settlers from their old countries:
Dublin, Newark, Kettering, Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster, Athens, Florence, Portsmouth, Vienna, Paris, Lebanon, Glasgow, Manchester, Middlesborough ... sure there are more.
Amazing to think of people from all of those places settling in Ohio.”
“Wow, this is so fascinating! I know pretty much nothing about Ohio, but I just looked on a map, and these are all names re-used by settlers from their old countries:
Dublin, Newark, Kettering, Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster, Athens, Florence, Portsmouth, Vienna, Paris, Lebanon, Glasgow, Manchester, Middlesborough ... sure there are more.
Amazing to think of people from all of those places settling in Ohio.”
There's a Lancaster in Ohio?
I feel special now
Nah, I kid, I kid.
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“Well to be fair its easier for you to travel other countries as yours borders several others. With the US the only affordable country we can travel to is Canada, even Mexico is expensive unless you live in the western states. Like when I went to Vegas a few years ago the plane ticket was 400 bucks. To go to Europe it'd probably well over a grand for the plane ticket.”
“Well to be fair its easier for you to travel other countries as yours borders several others. With the US the only affordable country we can travel to is Canada, even Mexico is expensive unless you live in the western states. Like when I went to Vegas a few years ago the plane ticket was 400 bucks. To go to Europe it'd probably well over a grand for the plane ticket.”
That's true. Also, Americans have far less annual leave than Europeans do - isn't it like 2 weeks compared to our 4? I remember seeing something about it recently - reasons why more than 60% of US citizens don't have passports is because they don't have enough time or money to go anywhere. So fair enough really.
I just found these on Buzzfeed and it really made me laugh:
Americans trying to label European countries
and (for balance, and just as bad)
Brits trying to label US states.
Originally Posted by Jessica_Bobbing:
“There's a Lancaster in Ohio?
I feel special now Nah, I kid, I kid.”
“There's a Lancaster in Ohio?
I feel special now
Nah, I kid, I kid.”
I wonder if that' s the Lancaster that has a large Amish population ?
Originally Posted by cyrilandshirley:
“That's true. Also, Americans have far less annual leave than Europeans do - isn't it like 2 weeks compared to our 4? I remember seeing something about it recently - reasons why more than 60% of US citizens don't have passports is because they don't have enough time or money to go anywhere. So fair enough really.
I just found these on Buzzfeed and it really made me laugh:
Americans trying to label European countries
and (for balance, and just as bad)
Brits trying to label US states.
”
“That's true. Also, Americans have far less annual leave than Europeans do - isn't it like 2 weeks compared to our 4? I remember seeing something about it recently - reasons why more than 60% of US citizens don't have passports is because they don't have enough time or money to go anywhere. So fair enough really.
I just found these on Buzzfeed and it really made me laugh:
Americans trying to label European countries
and (for balance, and just as bad)
Brits trying to label US states.
”
I' m awful at geography
Although I once watched a TV programme where a bunch of teens from London were being tested on their knowledge if the rest of the country' s geography - and some if them couldn' t place LondonBut [b]Emmerdale[/B;. Is a small village in the North York Moors.....and there win' t another one like it anywhere....
Subtle amn' t I???
Originally Posted by Glendarroch:
“I wonder if that' s the Lancaster that has a large Amish population ?”
“I wonder if that' s the Lancaster that has a large Amish population ?”
According to Wikepiedia that's Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.
Originally Posted by Jessica_Bobbing:
“According to Wikepiedia that's Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.”
“According to Wikepiedia that's Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.”
Ah that makes sense.
Originally Posted by cyrilandshirley:
“No offence to Mark, obviously, but US education is famously not exactly hot on the rest of the world. Huge number of Americans never travel outside their own country, and an even higher proportion couldn't pinpoint even Europe on a map, let alone anywhere else.
USA is the centre of the world, nothing else matters much to them.”
“No offence to Mark, obviously, but US education is famously not exactly hot on the rest of the world. Huge number of Americans never travel outside their own country, and an even higher proportion couldn't pinpoint even Europe on a map, let alone anywhere else.
USA is the centre of the world, nothing else matters much to them.”
I remember a question on some show (not a clue which) but it was '20% of Americans can't identify which country on the map' and people were saying UK and I jokingly went; I bet it's America and it was
Originally Posted by ianradioian:
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
“Behave Mark, and stop having us on. No one wouldnt know that Jersey is part of the Channel Islands, part of Great Britain- and that Boston in Massachusetts is named after Bosron in Lincolnshire!”
The Channel Islands aren't actually part of Great Britain (or the UK), as they are self-governing. They are generally counted as being in the British Isles though.
Originally Posted by Glendarroch:
“I' m awful at geography Although I once watched a TV programme where a bunch of teens from London were being tested on their knowledge if the rest of the country' s geography - and some if them couldn' t place London
But [b]Emmerdale[/B;. Is a small village in the North York Moors.....and there win' t another one like it anywhere....
Subtle amn' t I???”
“I' m awful at geography
Although I once watched a TV programme where a bunch of teens from London were being tested on their knowledge if the rest of the country' s geography - and some if them couldn' t place LondonBut [b]Emmerdale[/B;. Is a small village in the North York Moors.....and there win' t another one like it anywhere....
Subtle amn' t I???
”
Brilliant swerve back on topic.
Seriously though, someone should name a US town Emmerdale, that would be fabulous.
Originally Posted by star89:
“I remember a question on some show (not a clue which) but it was '20% of Americans can't identify which country on the map' and people were saying UK and I jokingly went; I bet it's America and it was ”
“I remember a question on some show (not a clue which) but it was '20% of Americans can't identify which country on the map' and people were saying UK and I jokingly went; I bet it's America and it was
”
Oops.
Originally Posted by cyrilandshirley:
“That's true. Also, Americans have far less annual leave than Europeans do - isn't it like 2 weeks compared to our 4? I remember seeing something about it recently - reasons why more than 60% of US citizens don't have passports is because they don't have enough time or money to go anywhere. So fair enough really.
I just found these on Buzzfeed and it really made me laugh:
Americans trying to label European countries
and (for balance, and just as bad)
Brits trying to label US states.
”
“That's true. Also, Americans have far less annual leave than Europeans do - isn't it like 2 weeks compared to our 4? I remember seeing something about it recently - reasons why more than 60% of US citizens don't have passports is because they don't have enough time or money to go anywhere. So fair enough really.
I just found these on Buzzfeed and it really made me laugh:
Americans trying to label European countries
and (for balance, and just as bad)
Brits trying to label US states.
”
Yeah most jobs on average give you 2 weeks leave. My old job that I just left gave us about 4 weeks leave, and my new job starts you out with 2 weeks but the longer you stay the more time you get off.
Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“Face palm I am. I had no idea there was some place just called Jersey. But now that I think about it, it makes sense since we have New Mexico and then there is Mexico...but then that means there are places called York and Hampshire as well...right?”
“Face palm I am. I had no idea there was some place just called Jersey. But now that I think about it, it makes sense since we have New Mexico and then there is Mexico...but then that means there are places called York and Hampshire as well...right?”
Well new York was New Amsterdam first because the dutch owned it before the british nicked it off them.
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