waxwabbit

Hi there,

I was sat at my desk, thinking of America (wipes tear from sentimental eye) and thought, I wonder how many states I can actually recall.

I got 36, can you beat that.............

On a seperate post, Ill show what I came up, and so can you if you so wish!!!!



Lee
(Trying to be patriotic and know his future homeland)

ps - the funny thing is, Ive always been awful at English counties, even though my general geography is quite decent.

BrigieDarling

Don't feel bad... I thought Chicago was a state untill a year ago!

Oops and Otawa (it sounds like one huh?)

waxwabbit

haha

31 views and still no one has had a go.....

I wonder, is this because:

a) no one can be arsed
b) every brit hates geography
c) ex patriates, become so Americanized, that they only see 1 state, so don't know any others
d) or no one could top my score of 36 states

its gotta be (d)

Vicky88

Hmm I'm thinking about it. Off the top of my head I have written down 21 but am not sure that I can be arsed trying to think of any others. After all I am not sure that anything exists beyond the borders of California.

Oops up to 22.

superpat

OK - I can remember 48. I've posted them in a separate thread (My Knowledge of America ).

I had to really dredge up the last 5 or 6...

Cheers,

Pat

Yosser

well, I thought I had heard of most states until just now,

where in the heck is 'Delaware' ???

or did someone make it up?

superpat

Delaware is on the East Coast, just East of Maryland - map.

It's in the first line of a song containing lots (all) of States: What did Delaware boys, what did Delaware? She wore a brand New Jersey... etc

Pat

Yosser

Well I'm buggerd....you learn something new everyday

Next question "ANY BRITS IN DELAWARE"....

nathan barley

Here we go:

Washington, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Alamaba, Tenessee, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Alaska, Hawaii, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, N Carolina, S Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Wyoming, Dakota, S Dakota, Oklahoma!, Idaho, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Oregon, New Hampshire, Rhode Island...

46. And that's about all I can think of currently from memory, makes me realise just how much of this country I haven't seen yet.

tony_2003

41 at last count...not bad for 2 years.

By the way any Americans reading this, why...
If Arkansas is pronounced Ar-can-saw is Kansas not pronounced can-saw??

Also why is it wrong for me to pronounce Maryland the way it looks? i.e Mary-Land ?? Marr-e-lind makes no sense

Food for thought...

BrigieDarling

It was the first state according to my daughter.

doctor scrumpy

Oh well If I must...here goes.......

AK...WA..OR..CA..NV..ID..MT..WY..CO..AZ..NM..TX..O K..ND..SD..NE..IL..MI..MN..WI..IA..IN..MO..KY..TN. .VA..NY..DC..MD..DE..AL..MS..LA..FL..SC..NC..GA..W V..AR..OK..KS..OH..PA..NY..VT..RI..MA..CT..NH..ME. .HI & MS.

Pulaski

I got 45 straight off, I've left the list at work so I can't remember which four I got next over a couple of hours while I was working, but I know that it included Rhode Island, Colorado, and New Jersey, but I never did get Nebraska.

I was sure that it was one of those states West of Illinois as I had drawn a mental map and there seemed to be gap in the upper mid-west. It was only when I saw DS's list that I realized I was missing Nebraska.

nathan barley

Acc. to the dictionary, it is pronounced Arkansas, but I guess it's like those folk who call Missouri, Missourah.

jaytee

Take a look at this 3-D raised relief contour map of the US.. very interesting.