On 16-6-2009 2:17, Darren New wrote:
> ... about those surveys that say Americans don't know where various 
> countries are on a globe.

Another thing in defence of Americans: Europeans have just as much 
trouble locating US states and Canadian provinces. If there is news of, 
say, a school shooting many Europeans will not know much better than 
that something happened in the US. About as informative as knowing that 
  Vaduz is in Europe.
It would only get a little embarrassing if a European head of state 
would suggest that e.g. Atlanta is the capital of San Francisco. That 
sort of magnitude of confusion is more typical USA.

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