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Why is Brittany part of Romania submersa, but not Flanders and the Southern Netherlands? And was Latin really the dominant spoken language in the Balkans before the Slavic migrations?
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Sep 8, 2013 13:44
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Phlegmish posted:Why is Brittany part of Romania submersa, but not Flanders and the Southern Netherlands? And was Latin really the dominant spoken language in the Balkans before the Slavic migrations? Brittany is that way because Brittonic speaking people showed up from Britain in the period between the late 300s and the 500s, slowly pushing the Gallo-Roman speakers out. I don't really know anything about Flanders and the Southern Netherlands though.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:09
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Yes, I know that Brittany is correct on that map, I'm just wondering why the same criteria don't seem to apply to the Low Countries. The Franks assimilated the Romance-speaking population there in a similar fashion and in the same time period.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:18
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Phlegmish posted:Yes, I know that Brittany is correct on that map, I'm just wondering why the same criteria don't seem to apply to the Low Countries. The Franks assimilated the Romance-speaking population there in a similar fashion and in the same time period.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:30
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Phlegmish posted:And was Latin really the dominant spoken language in the Balkans before the Slavic migrations? Hard to answer as such, since there were obviously other languages spoken there too, but yes, Latin was widespread throughout the whole now Slavic speaking area in the Balkans. The Dalmatian language for example only died out in the 19th century.
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Sep 8, 2013 15:04
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Here's a tongue in cheek map of how Americans view the world, drawn up to look like the game Risk. I'm confused why Mexicans (presumably San Diego) is north of Celebrities (Los Angeles). I'd blame the Central Valley except it's clearly on the coast! This map is all wrong!
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Sep 8, 2013 17:05
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Golbez posted:I'm confused why Mexicans (presumably San Diego) is north of Celebrities (Los Angeles). I'd blame the Central Valley except it's clearly on the coast! This map is all wrong! They're probably both for LA. Not sure how it could make sense otherwise. I'm surprised there's no mention of hippies anywhere in Northern CA though...that is clearly a substandard map.
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Sep 8, 2013 18:53
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I'm wondering in what part of america that there are people mad about the Canal Zone?
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Sep 8, 2013 20:56
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Peanut President posted:I'm wondering in what part of america that there are people mad about the Canal Zone? There is a non-marginal portion of the country that thinks giving up the Panama Canal Zone was a mistake and made the United States look weak to the world community. My father believed that the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were some of the worst mistakes Carter made during his administration. QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Sep 8, 2013 |
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Sep 8, 2013 21:03
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Another fun one was DVD Regions. Pretty much arbitary as the countries don't even necessarily synch up with the PAL/NTSC divisions that existed. Mostly it was a cynical ploy to make money off people/prevent people buying DVDs for cheap in another country, and helping the studio's ability to control prices in some markets. As usual Australia gets the poo poo end of it. There's a Blu-Ray region setup as well that is not as broken, but still seems sus in some areas. 
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Sep 9, 2013 03:47
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Spirit Tree posted:As usual Australia gets the poo poo end of it. I was under the impression that it didn't matter because all Australians had region-free players anyway. Is that incorrect?
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Sep 9, 2013 04:02
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I never noticed that China has its own region. I guess because either all the players are region-free or the DVDs are all pirated. Probably both. Hong Kong is region 3, but I've had some region 3 DVDs I've bought here work just fine in my region 1 PS3. Then some don't. Weird.
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Sep 9, 2013 04:05
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Lycus posted:I was under the impression that it didn't matter because all Australians had region-free players anyway. Is that incorrect? They're available here, but plenty of people don't have them. Bluray regions are different too (and less stupid).
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Sep 9, 2013 04:10
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What's that one red island to the northeast of Australia?
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Sep 9, 2013 04:31
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wdarkk posted:What's that one red island to the northeast of Australia? New Caledonia, A French Colony.
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Sep 9, 2013 04:32
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So France's colonies are region 1 but France is region 2.
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Sep 9, 2013 04:39
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wdarkk posted:So France's colonies are region 1 but France is region 2.
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Sep 9, 2013 04:42
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Yeah, French Guiana is orange too.
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Sep 9, 2013 05:12
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HookShot posted:Yeah, French Guiana is orange too. Ah.
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Sep 9, 2013 05:13
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HookShot posted:Yeah, French Guiana is orange too. Legally isn't French Guiana considered just another division of the French State, and not a colony? In the books there's no distinction between their possessions in South America and their possessions in Europe...?
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Sep 12, 2013 01:32
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 Also, that reminds me.  The European Union is composed of the continental holdings of the member states and certain territories designated outermost regions. Presently, that includes the Azores and Madeira, the Canaries, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and Saint Martin. Those not in the span of the map on the back of the Euro notes are included in inserts. Mayotte will become an outermost region in 2014.
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Sep 12, 2013 01:55
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ptk posted:
There are signs at the french Guiana/Brazil borders that say "Welcome to the European Union"!
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Sep 12, 2013 08:27
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More Later posted:L
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Sep 12, 2013 08:37
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PrinceRandom posted:Isn't the/one of the EU space centers in Guyana? That may just be some sci fi I read. No this is correct, the European Space Agency ESA is located in French Guiana.
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Sep 12, 2013 08:42
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Backweb posted:Legally isn't French Guiana considered just another division of the French State, and not a colony? In the books there's no distinction between their possessions in South America and their possessions in Europe...? Yes, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbeans, French Guiana in South America and Mayotte and Reunion in Africa are considered integral parts of the French Republic, unlike other territories who have special statuses such as French Polynesia, New Caledonia in the Pacific or Saint Pierre et Miquelon (the tiny remains of New France in North America  )
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Sep 12, 2013 09:34
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Kurtofan posted:Yes, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbeans, French Guiana in South America and Mayotte and Reunion in Africa are considered integral parts of the French Republic, unlike other territories who have special statuses such as French Polynesia, New Caledonia in the Pacific or Saint Pierre et Miquelon (the tiny remains of New France in North America I have a friend who grew up there and from her descriptions it's loving terrible. Since there are so few people everyone is constantly in each other's business and they really don't like each other. She described it as if a random group of people were stuck in an elevator for several generations. That said, access to Canadian media did give her an appreciation for God's own sport, ice hockey, so in at least that way it was better than growing up in the Hexagon. Most popular sports in the world.  And second most popular sports in the US. I imagine they're working off of different polls because of some discrepancies like Kansas. 
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Sep 12, 2013 13:47
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Soviet Commubot posted:And second most popular sports in the US. I imagine they're working off of different polls because of some discrepancies like Kansas. Maybe Kansas just loves basketball so much that it's their #1 and #2 sport. (And Missouri really loves baseball for the same reason apparently)
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Sep 12, 2013 18:55
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Family Values posted:Maybe Kansas just loves basketball so much that it's their #1 and #2 sport. (And Missouri really loves baseball for the same reason apparently) We take the Cardinals very seriously in Missouri
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Sep 12, 2013 19:04
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Family Values posted:Maybe Kansas just loves basketball so much that it's their #1 and #2 sport. (And Missouri really loves baseball for the same reason apparently) The Missouri Tigers suck at everything but Base-ball. Also the Cardinals and the Royals are there Edit: Phone Posting PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Sep 12, 2013 |
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Sep 12, 2013 19:17
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Ah, it warms the cockles of my heart to see that baseball beats out football in New England. Maybe because the Red Sox are way more lovable than the Patriots. 
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Sep 12, 2013 21:13
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Rincewind posted:Ah, it warms the cockles of my heart to see that baseball beats out football in New England. This is a trick statement because neither are lovable. 
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Sep 12, 2013 21:40
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PrinceRandom posted:Isn't the/one of the EU space centers in Guyana? That may just be some sci fi I read. Just to be clear, Guyana is not French Guiana. They used to be referred as The Guianas, you had British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana. The first two are now respectively the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname. The last is still French Guiana (or officially, simply Guiana or Guyane), a fully integrated part of France and EU, just as Hawaii is part of the U.S.
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Sep 12, 2013 23:51
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Soviet Commubot posted:Most popular sports in the world. Though really, it's a hard thing to quantify. I'm sure most of the map is misrepresnted; if only there were a decent way to show the splits - maybe adding dots of a certain colour or something to show the second most popular sport?
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Sep 13, 2013 20:13
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Soviet Commubot posted:Most popular sports in the world. This map is very, very strange to me. Is the US really one of the only countries in the world that doesn't uniformly prefer a single sport? These colors are a bit hard to read too. Does the entirety of China really prefer, uh, table tennis to everything else?
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Sep 13, 2013 20:48
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Paradoxish posted:This map is very, very strange to me. Is the US really one of the only countries in the world that doesn't uniformly prefer a single sport? These colors are a bit hard to read too. Does the entirety of China really prefer, uh, table tennis to everything else? As far as "entire area practically shuts down when the finals for this specific sport is on", there's a lot of variation across U.S. States that you don't really see anywhere else on the same scale. You have a few oddities, like here in Canada, curling is the big thing in Newfoundland (IIRC when a Newfoundlander made it to the Olympic finals, they suspended school classes there so everyone could watch it live), although by and large we're all about Hockey on a Canada-wide scale and I wouldn't say there are specific secondary sports that stand out in each province.
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Sep 13, 2013 20:56
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I cannot find the "Archery" bit in that map. Is there even one?
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Sep 13, 2013 20:57
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wdarkk posted:I cannot find the "Archery" bit in that map. Is there even one? Bhutan's national sport is archery.
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Sep 13, 2013 20:59
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How exactly did Gaelic Football get to Austria? Edit: huh, the contrast made the light blue look like the Gaelic color. The map is tiny and kinda not good quality. PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Sep 13, 2013 |
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Sep 13, 2013 21:02
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PrinceRandom posted:How exactly did Gaelic Football get to Austria? Austria's sport is skiing?
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Sep 13, 2013 21:06
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