Ignorant Americans. Sorry guys :p

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Karky

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Ok, I just wanted to share some replies I have gotten when saying I'm from Norway.

- Where are you from?
Norway
- Oh, which state is that?
It's in Europe
- Europe? Never heard of that state..
No, It's not in the US!
- You're from Canada?


- Where are you from?
Norway
- Oh, cool, I've been to Stockholm once


- Where are you from?
Norway
- Isen't it cold up there?
Naah, my iglo has a heating system
- Oh, that's cool


- Where are you from?
Norway
- Ahh, Viking!!!


In case you dident know, Stockholm is the capitol of sweeden, neighbouring contry to Norway (This is like saying to someone whos from Scottland "ahh, I've been to London once). Also, an iglo would melt ifi t had a heating system.


No offence anyone
In a country with so many people, you're bound to run into some morons :D
 
LMAO :yelrotflmao:

Sorry guys, I'd like to start by saying that I actually tend get on better with Americans than I do my fellow country men so this isn't just US bashing but I have to add this one;

Back when I used to smoke I was standing on the street outside work (in London) and this American couple come up to me and ask me if I know which tube (metro) line goes to Edinburgh! :yelrotflmao:
 
My British step-brother upon arriving at the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport:

"Do you have Kentucky Fried Chicken here?"
 
Karky said:
- Where are you from?
Norway
- Oh, which state is that?
It's in Europe
- Europe? Never heard of that state..
No, It's not in the US!
- You're from Canada?
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This is the scariest one-Yikes! :eek2:

I happen to know the capital of Norway is Oslo, do I get brownie points for that?LOL
 
i know somebody who has family in Fjerdingby which i believe is not too far from Fet can i have a brownie point too???
 
Nothing beats the french



It's not just a few souls, it's the majority of the audience that gets the simplest question in the world wrong ;)
 
Karky said:
Ok, I just wanted to share some replies I have gotten when saying I'm from Norway.

- Where are you from?
Norway
- Oh, which state is that?
It's in Europe
- Europe? Never heard of that state..
No, It's not in the US!
- You're from Canada?

:D
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Just goes to show some people know nothing about this wonderfull world we live in

Jackie xx
 
Silly French audience...everyone knows that the sun goes around the earth AND the moon together...it was a trick question...:p

(I weep for the future...although he wasn't exactly a young kid)
 
- Where are you from?
Norway
- Oh, cool, I've been to Stockholm once


Im from Denmark and this is my little one:

-Where are you from?
Denmark
- Denmark?
yes... you know in Scandinavia?
Isn´t Denmark the capital of Sweden?

this is kinda an urban legend in denmark but should be true according to my Dad....
Americans either know a whole lot about the world or nothing at all according to my experince, never meet one in between. But 99 % of the ones I have meet where openminded and friendly. Except one I meet in the street of NY who claimed that I had stolen her kids.:)
 
Karky said:
In case you dident know, Stockholm is the capitol of sweeden, neighbouring contry to Norway (This is like saying to someone whos from Scottland "ahh, I've been to London once). Also, an iglo would melt ifi t had a heating system.


No offence anyone
In a country with so many people, you're bound to run into some morons :D
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No surprise, considering The National Geographic–Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States.

Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last, and even though other countries weren't much better.......


- only 17 % of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map

- 11 % of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map

- less than 15 % of the young U.S. citizens could locate either Iraq or Israel

- within the U.S., almost one-third said that [ the U.S. ] population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million.​
 
Nicolasd said:
Nothing beats the french



It's not just a few souls, it's the majority of the audience that gets the simplest question in the world wrong ;)
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OMG! That's awful. You can just laugh when it's the occasional person being dumb but when it's such a large group it's quite sad.
 
Wrangell said:
- within the U.S., almost one-third said that [ the U.S. ] population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million.
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er, I knew it was 289m, that's actually pretty sad when I think of all the useful stuff I could know but don't
 
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