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An American's map of the UK has "horrified" people
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5 May 2021, 16:34
Geography definitely isn't their strong subject.
An American Reddit user caused frustration as well as a lot of laughs when he shared his wife's map of the UK.
"Map" is being used in the loosest sense of the word here.
It was an interesting attempt.
User @adms13 posted the picture earlier this week.
"I asked my wife to fill in a map of the UK (we're both American)," he explained in the caption.
"Her extent of UK knowledge comes from watching Top Gear with me at night. Enjoy."
They live in Seattle, and her attempts to identify different locations in the UK didn't go well.
She tried to name cities, regions and even entire countries.
Surprisingly, she managed to correctly locate and identify London, Surrey, Cornwall, Manchester and the Isle of Man.
However, the rest of the UK didn't fare as well.
Cheshire moved from northwest England down to the south-east coast.
Canterbury was renamed "the ferry" while a popular seaside resort was also relocated.
"I know Blackpool exists but I have no idea where," she wrote on top of Edinburgh. She also spelt it "Edinborough", also in the wrong place.
She also said that Dublin was located in Northern Ireland — which she insists was "definitely Ireland".
Over the Scottish Highlands she wrote: "I don't think people live here,"
Meanwhile, she labelled all of Ireland as "Wales?".
The real Wales was completely forgotten. Where Wales is, she wrote "No idea what's over here... maybe Birmingham?"
One reddit reader replied: "Is it possible to upset at once?"
Another said: "Well this is horrifying."
"I don't get how someone knows seven cities in the UK and their location (roundabouts) but not Wales and Ireland," another commented.
To be fair, could you do better with US states?
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