Best Countries to Live In

Alan Yee · Jan 11, 2010

Fran said:
There are 195 countries in the world. Today, anyway. (Name them all here! http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php )

I made it to 139. There were a few I should have known but forgot in the rush, some whose names I had no idea how to spell, some minor and obscure countries I had totally forgotten about, and some random Caribbean and Pacific island nations.

dclary · Jan 11, 2010

I got 91. Missed several I shouldn't have, and didn't realize that Ireland was actually a country.

Wayne K · Jan 11, 2010

39. Those were just the ones who have been in wars in my lifetime.

Fran · Jan 12, 2010

I can get all 195 now, but not at the same time.

Even all the fiddly wee Caribbean ones. For some unknown reason, I always seem to forget Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands. It's just as well I don't share a continent with them or it'd be really embarrassing.

Priene · Jan 12, 2010

IdiotsRUs said:
/pedant alert

Newcastle hardly counts as a small town

There are plenty of small towns in Geordieland, though: Blaydon, North Shields, Jarrow...

Priene · Jan 12, 2010

Maxinquaye said:
My WIP "As if" is in geordie-land, which is a big risk since I've never been there like. But it's the only other dialect i could pull off. Wouldn't be able to handle scouse or yorkshire, and the wip needs to happen in a small town far away from London or it won't work.

I'd say Geordie is much harder to pull off than a generic Northern accent would be. Geordie has some unusual constructions that are easy to mangle.

(It's also beautiful, though I guess that's beside the point)

dclary · Jan 12, 2010

Wayne K said:
39. Those were just the ones who have been in wars in my lifetime.

Only 39? What are you, 12?

Or do you mean "in wars with the US?" Because that would be closer.

johnnysannie · Jan 12, 2010

dclary said:
I got 91. Missed several I shouldn't have, and didn't realize that Ireland was actually a country.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, what did you think Ireland was? A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or God forbid still under English tyranny?

dclary · Jan 12, 2010

johnnysannie said:
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, what did you think Ireland was? A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or God forbid still under English tyranny?

Yeah I didn't realize Longshanks let them go.

Vincent · Jan 12, 2010

Shucks, only 111.

Don · Jan 12, 2010

I stopped counting after the 10 or so that matter this week.

Best Countries to Live In

Alan Yee

Still Here!

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

Wayne K

Fran

Slate grey mole person

Priene

Out to lunch

Priene

Out to lunch

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

johnnysannie

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

Vincent

Cheers

Don

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