• Re: What Globle and Worldle Have Taught Me

    From JGibson@21:1/5 to JGibson on Wed Feb 16 06:05:05 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 16 06:03:34 2022
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to JGibson on Wed Feb 16 07:12:41 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:05:08 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.

    I can name every country in the world, locate them on a map, and given a country tell you
    every country that borders that country (if any). However, I know about 80% of the capitals.
    Country names get anglicized, but typically not capitals.

    Bandar Seri Begawan? Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte? GMaFB.

    -TE

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  • From Some dued@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 16 07:22:25 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-6, TE wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:05:08 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.
    I can name every country in the world, locate them on a map, and given a country tell you
    every country that borders that country (if any). However, I know about 80% of the capitals.
    Country names get anglicized, but typically not capitals.

    Bandar Seri Begawan? Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte? GMaFB.

    -TE
    Can you spell azer bye john?

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  • From Johnny RSFCootball@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 16 08:40:45 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-6, TE wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:05:08 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.
    I can name every country in the world, locate them on a map, and given a country tell you
    every country that borders that country (if any). However, I know about 80% of the capitals.
    Country names get anglicized, but typically not capitals.

    Bandar Seri Begawan? Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte? GMaFB.

    -TE

    There are a few borders I would have trouble with. Like which of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe border each other? Or borders involving some off the former Soviet -stan countries would give me trouble. I would have trouble with many of the
    African capitals and most of the Oceania capitals. And, as you pointed out, spelling would be a serious issue for some of the capitals. There are some captials like Suriname’s that I have a good idea of which letters are involved and how long it is,
    but spelling it exactly right would probably take me awhile.

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to Some dued on Wed Feb 16 09:54:22 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:22:30 AM UTC-5, Some dued wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-6, TE wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:05:08 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.
    I can name every country in the world, locate them on a map, and given a country tell you
    every country that borders that country (if any). However, I know about 80% of the capitals.
    Country names get anglicized, but typically not capitals.

    Bandar Seri Begawan? Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte? GMaFB.

    -TE

    Can you spell azer bye john?

    Yes, but they make up for it by having the capital city Baku.

    -TE

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to Johnny RSFCootball on Wed Feb 16 10:05:03 2022
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 11:40:49 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-6, TE wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:05:08 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Although I can name most of the countries in Africa, I have no idea where they are placed in Africa.

    Also, I really don't know my countries that are north of Brazil and east of Venezuela in South America.
    I can name every country in the world, locate them on a map, and given a country tell you
    every country that borders that country (if any). However, I know about 80% of the capitals.
    Country names get anglicized, but typically not capitals.

    Bandar Seri Begawan? Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte? GMaFB.

    -TE

    There are a few borders I would have trouble with. Like which of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia,
    and Zimbabwe border each other? Or borders involving some off the former Soviet -stan countries
    would give me trouble. I would have trouble with many of the African capitals and most of the
    Oceania capitals. And, as you pointed out, spelling would be a serious issue for some of the
    capitals. There are some captials like Suriname’s that I have a good idea of which letters are
    involved and how long it is, but spelling it exactly right would probably take me awhile.

    Yeah, that Angola border is odd.

    And remember, Croatia borders Montenegro, though they are separated by Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    The Republic of the Congo borders Angola though separated by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Book recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-River-Terrifying-Journey-Dangerous/dp/0802144330

    -TE

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