• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I’m gonna mix most of the interior ones up and totally forget that Montreal isn’t called Quebec.

      Now the hard mode is Mexico. They have enough states to be confusing and not enough presence in English internet to be memorable

          • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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            2 months ago

            Interesting claim, let’s see:

            Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina*, Armenia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada*, China, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal*, Netherlands (country, not kingdom), North Korea, Pakistan*, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, The Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Vanatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Taiwan (to some extent), all use Provinces.

            While Australia*, Austria*, Brazil*, Germany*, India*, Malaysia*, Mexico*, The Federated States of Micronesia*, Myanmar, Nigeria*, Palau, Somalia*, South Sudan*, Sudan*, The United States*, and Venezuela*, all use States.

            More interestingly, the asterisks denote federal systems of government (the rest are mostly unitary or regional). Almost every state system is also a federal system, while most provinces aren’t sovereign.

            Thus, Canada is the weird one out, basically using states while calling them less than states. As usual, they do everything backward. I’m so proud! 🇨🇦

            • smeg@feddit.uk
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              2 months ago

              Bah, you call that weird? In the UK we’re a country that contains four smaller countries!

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      2 months ago

      With the number of hockey players and associated rivalries churned out by that circle I question the OP’s Canadian credentials.

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    17 days ago

    ok but like this is genuinely better than a lot of the US could do themselves. I was never forced to learn all 50 states. Only 25 of them at random.

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    My rage at them getting New York wrong is only quelled in knowing that they pissed off many Pennsylvanians in the process.