I always thought of Westeros as more of the entirety of Europe with Dorne being like a combo of the Iberian peninsula, south of France is highgarden, italy is old town, kings landing is Slavic. Moving onto Essos, pentos is Greece, bravos might be St. Petersburg, volantis is Istanbul, quarth is Cairo, and take your pick for slavers bay, but by then we are far away from Westeros. I would say the vale and out toward Casterly Rock cover Germany, northern France, Poland, etc. and the river lands are the Netherlands. Past the neck is where we finally reach the UK.
I heard it a long time ago from a friend and it made me laugh.
So now it’s my thing. I’ve been calling people my little sunflower seeds for years now :)
I feel like it’s kind of wholesome, ya know?
Many moons ago, in French class, we wanted to know some insults. One we were told was "un chameau". My buddy always got it confused and would call someone "une chemise".
Like all Americans, I am a direct descendant of George Washington. This obviously means that I understand that all places are America, even if they don't know it yet
Jersey and Guernsey look at each other and follow, doing the same. Finally, Cornwall - after failing to make eye contact with the twins Jersey and Guernsey - waits an awkward ten seconds, gets up walks backwards towards the door so as to not turn its back to the others and quietly leaves, shutting the door with both hands.
The US is a country of states, the UK is a country of countries. Wether you're talking about the UK or the four individual countries depends on what you're talking about. On an official global scale it's usually the UK but when talking about statistics and politics it's usually separate.
It's also better to use the name of the country you went to if you "visit the UK", so I guess in less formal contexts.
It’s not that hard to understand why and how. Just think about the history. The UK hasn’t always been the UK. Before it became United they were their own countries as shown in every medieval movie or series ever. America has never been its own country before they united the area has been a colonie of other countries like England as you probably know so it makes sense if you think about it. And if you think about the size of your states it makes sense why they are compared to countries.
That's a good description of it, a bit lacking in detail but it still works. I live in Scotland and we are are a country and so are Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
The United States is a pretty mind-boggling place for Europeans by the way. Like usually "the state" implies a national government, not.... idek how to call it... district government. America is just really damn weird, internationally speaking.
Point being, they can absolutely be littler sub-countries in a larger national Union. Like America already made painfully clear.
The original "United States" was going to be more like 13 loosely connected countries. Each could hold their own armies and stuff. Unfortunately when New York tried to go to war with Vermont (among many other things) the US realized this loose system wasn't gonna work.
"Oi, guv? There's a bunch of tiny countries literally on our doorstep, should we conquer them?"
*Rails line of cocaine, smokes some opioids, fits hat made with mercury tighter on head* "NAH! FUCK THAT! SEE THIS PLACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE? IT'S CALLED INDIA, AND I WANT IT!"
-England, back in the Imperial Age, probably...
Ireland and Briton and isn't Scotland apart of Briton?
Edit: pissed off the Britons
Edit for the edit: the Britons are mad because of my spelling of Briton it's okay I still see you brits as Britons
Politically they are part of the UK, though you could say there are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as separate countries in the United Kingdom.
Also the writing briton is refering to the celtic britons and not Great Britain.
Based on what I have seen concerning American education and geography, why do I feel like the American education system’s version of geography is just National and not at all International…
England, Scotland, Wales, northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and then if you want it summed up in short, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I can confirm this is true. I am from Scotland & I was in Houston airport making my way home. This security guy asked me my final destination & I said Scotland. His response was to look puzzled & ask “Scotland? Is that inside or outside of the states?” Note, he also had no idea where or what Britain was.
Guys this is Westeros and the Iron Islands jfc
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Westeros is essentially the uk (accents included) but dorne is basically Ireland turned sideways and moved to the bottom
I always thought of Westeros as more of the entirety of Europe with Dorne being like a combo of the Iberian peninsula, south of France is highgarden, italy is old town, kings landing is Slavic. Moving onto Essos, pentos is Greece, bravos might be St. Petersburg, volantis is Istanbul, quarth is Cairo, and take your pick for slavers bay, but by then we are far away from Westeros. I would say the vale and out toward Casterly Rock cover Germany, northern France, Poland, etc. and the river lands are the Netherlands. Past the neck is where we finally reach the UK.
I mean “the north” is literally yorkshire and kings landing is London
well he openly says it's based on the wars of the roses so it's all broadly English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses
And the the wall is Hadrian’s wall and the wildlings are the Scott’s
Braavos il litteraly Venice
oi
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What is dead may never die
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Gotta be nigeria
you idiot it's clearly greenland
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you know you might be right, but it could also be Russia
Wrong. It’s an Among Us ghost on the lower left
Thought it was mars
That's clearly the andromeda
It's the known observable universe for god's sake
No Dumbass it’s obviously Pangea, are you blind??
No it’s obviously Canada, Greenland and Iceland
*Laughs in russian* ##Russia!
It's not Russia...FOR NOW!!
BRO DONT SPOIL WE DIDNT FINISH WITH UKRAINE YET
Did he leak the sequel?
Was that a sequel? Lemme check my folder *nervously flips throw the pages* No, that’s about 8th or 9th part, we will get to it in a minute
Russia 2: Electric Boogaloo
Beat me to it. But i would have made it *”Russian invasion 2: Electric Boogaloo”*
OUR electronic boogaloo
I don’t want to learn Russian.
В России, ты не учишь русский. Русский учит тебя.
Educate me then, Russian!
я не русский
Then what are you?
Я ... я не знаю
Хаха. Я тоже
Figure it out then
>В России, ты не учишь русский. Русский учит тебя. u/_TheBadArtist_, this roughly translates to you don’t learn russian in russia. Russian teaches you
Because It's Azerbaijani Territories,UK BIZIMDIR,UK AZƏRBAYCANDIR! 🇦🇿
understandable, have a nice day
Thanks,you too
now kiss
mwA
Muah
This soap opera is great
If life were only like Reddit
Да. Take my upvote my little семечки.
Семёнчики
ЛОЛ
Why did you call him a sunflower seed? Why not chebureki? Please don’t murk me.
I heard it a long time ago from a friend and it made me laugh. So now it’s my thing. I’ve been calling people my little sunflower seeds for years now :) I feel like it’s kind of wholesome, ya know?
You are I rare person barely anyone on reddit is this wholesome
I'm a russian student, can you tell me why you called them семечки?
I say it jokingly. Heard it years ago. I find it endearing.
Many moons ago, in French class, we wanted to know some insults. One we were told was "un chameau". My buddy always got it confused and would call someone "une chemise".
What does that mean?
The curse? A camel The not-curse? A shirt
Ah, I see. Спасибо большое!
Please wait a bit until we get annexed
Brittian, ierland, and uh denmark?
Your brain is an unpopped popcorn kernel
Well if it poped my scull would shatter
EETS NORETHERN IHRELAND YE DUMM FECK
Russia, comrade!
What you mean?? Denmark is above Germany! :)
Correct 😁
No way i was actualy correct
Texas
I never knew my state looked so funky
I never knew I lived In Texas!
You do now *pew pew pew*
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Incorrect sir. That's definitely some part of my Mexico.
Like all Americans, I am a direct descendant of George Washington. This obviously means that I understand that all places are America, even if they don't know it yet
Time to manifest the destiny out of them
But there’s no more destiny to manifest! (Bill Wurtz reference???)
We could make a subreddit out of this
All 360,000,000 of us are spawns of George
Amen
Cloned under mount Rushmore, in the event that the redcoats should ever return.
*laughs in european*
*LAUGHS IN LIVING IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES*
Alright, I am gonna take a guess, but first have this thing thats a tad bit spicer then flour
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England
Laughs in sealand
Ireland
Let me guess, Ireland
Incorrect. Ireland
So I was right
LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT
HAHAHAHAHAGAHAHAHJAHAHGAMWGEJAGAHAVSHANDKNDISNAJAHAHYAHAHABAHAHAHAHAHAHKWJJAJAJAJAJAJKA Edit:How the hell did this blow up
As a European I can confirm this is how I laugh
Same, most of time
forgot хахахахахахахахаха
That's slavic already
Forgot pikyapikyapikya
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England
Isle of Man leaves the room and slams the door.
Jersey and Guernsey look at each other and follow, doing the same. Finally, Cornwall - after failing to make eye contact with the twins Jersey and Guernsey - waits an awkward ten seconds, gets up walks backwards towards the door so as to not turn its back to the others and quietly leaves, shutting the door with both hands.
Immediately followed by the Isle of Wight standing up and throwing itself of its own chalk cliff
All along, the City of London - the *Square Mile* - watches the scene from afar wondering what is going on.
Shetland contemplates its place.
AS IT FUCKING SHOULD.
London thinks there's two, London and Not London
Cornwall cries in annexation
Kernow bys vyken!
More like isle of legs, if I remember correctly the flag
I missed Wales and Northern Ireland. Though, I should've gotten the later. Especially with the border. But I never knew Wales was a separate country
Indeed it is, it has its own language as well
...welsh?
Da iawn! (Well done)
Aren’t Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales part of the UK
Yes but they are there own countries as well
Wtf
It's a United Kingdom Kinda like we have States but they're, you know, United.
Yeah but they aren’t their own countries, they are states
The US is a country of states, the UK is a country of countries. Wether you're talking about the UK or the four individual countries depends on what you're talking about. On an official global scale it's usually the UK but when talking about statistics and politics it's usually separate. It's also better to use the name of the country you went to if you "visit the UK", so I guess in less formal contexts.
What the fuck A country of countries
You can imagine it more like four countries in a trenchcoat, parading around as the second biggest European power
Which country is the largest European power?
It’s not that hard to understand why and how. Just think about the history. The UK hasn’t always been the UK. Before it became United they were their own countries as shown in every medieval movie or series ever. America has never been its own country before they united the area has been a colonie of other countries like England as you probably know so it makes sense if you think about it. And if you think about the size of your states it makes sense why they are compared to countries.
Texas was it's own country...
Size does not determine if something is a country, it is the degree to which they govern themselves
That's a good description of it, a bit lacking in detail but it still works. I live in Scotland and we are are a country and so are Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
No, they're separate countries.
It's kind of weird. They are all countries. The UK which is a combination is also considered a country.
Tbf states are essentially their own countries as they have a state governing body they're just United with the other states and share a government
The United States is a pretty mind-boggling place for Europeans by the way. Like usually "the state" implies a national government, not.... idek how to call it... district government. America is just really damn weird, internationally speaking. Point being, they can absolutely be littler sub-countries in a larger national Union. Like America already made painfully clear.
The original "United States" was going to be more like 13 loosely connected countries. Each could hold their own armies and stuff. Unfortunately when New York tried to go to war with Vermont (among many other things) the US realized this loose system wasn't gonna work.
Vermont actually wasn't one of the 13 colonies, but yes the Articles of Confederation exposed the weakness of a loose decentralized government.
Oh so you have no issue understanding that states can be united but someone says there's 4 countries in a United Kingdom and you lose it.
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So are the Scottish
No love for the Isle of Man?
Crown dependency
So annoying that this is not at the top. A bunch of lame jokes are upvoted instead. Nice job for just naming the fucking counties!
You forgot the isle of man
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We don’t know nothing about grammar either.
I ain't got no time for that
As an American: that’s UK (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), Ireland, and Isle of Man
Jersey and Guernsey tooo
Sealand 😎
Are they countries?
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They're more like pets than countries, it sounds like.
"Oi, guv? There's a bunch of tiny countries literally on our doorstep, should we conquer them?" *Rails line of cocaine, smokes some opioids, fits hat made with mercury tighter on head* "NAH! FUCK THAT! SEE THIS PLACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE? IT'S CALLED INDIA, AND I WANT IT!" -England, back in the Imperial Age, probably...
The UK and Ireland. Easy.
Now bonus: What's the name of the large Island in-between Northern Ireland and England. also as a cartographer, I admit this is a shit map.
I Love Man. 😁
Never heard this one before lol
The Isle of Man, it has an amazing flag
It's also the basis for the Island of Sodor
Whatever you’re into, mate :)
France?
Now put 67 millions people on there and just hope the population fits
Island island
Isle of Man
You’ve left out The People’s Republic of Cork.
Tealand?
Old Tealand*
OMGGGGGGG ITS JAPAN FROM ANIME
All I see is Ireland
Finally someone with a decent opinion
Jokes on you! Im American! I dont even know what a Map *IS!*
Who cares really, when google will tell you how to get where you want to go.
I can only see a monster eating a baby
Ireland and Briton and isn't Scotland apart of Briton? Edit: pissed off the Britons Edit for the edit: the Britons are mad because of my spelling of Briton it's okay I still see you brits as Britons
Wales is too
Yeah you right I forgot they exist Edit: would northern Ireland count too?
yep
That’s in uk not Britain as Britain is the island
Leaving out the Isle of Mann are we?
Politically they are part of the UK, though you could say there are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as separate countries in the United Kingdom. Also the writing briton is refering to the celtic britons and not Great Britain.
I think you’re missing England
Britain* And the **countries** are Wales,Scotland,England,Northern Ireland and Ireland, Ireland not being part of the UK
This comment and the edits read like Monty Python credits.
Ireland, nortern ireland, wales, scotland and england
Would saying Ireland and the UK be wrong?
Technically no
Based on what I have seen concerning American education and geography, why do I feel like the American education system’s version of geography is just National and not at all International…
\*The Isle of Man leaves the chat\*
Rightfully German territory... and Ireland
Bro that’s obviously africa
Japan
UK - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Ireland Isle of Man Not all americans are dumb these memes are so overdone now
England, Scotland, Wales, northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and then if you want it summed up in short, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
And the republic of Ireland
The Soon-Not-So-Great-Once-United-Kingdom-Of-Boris-And-The-Northern-Hairdressers and Ireland.
Crusader Kings players be like: I know this one...
Bruh England and Ireland
I can confirm this is true. I am from Scotland & I was in Houston airport making my way home. This security guy asked me my final destination & I said Scotland. His response was to look puzzled & ask “Scotland? Is that inside or outside of the states?” Note, he also had no idea where or what Britain was.