I can remember watching two cartoons that did that geographical faux pas: 1) "Count Duckula" where they transported the castle 2 Down Under instead of Freud's country hoping 2 seek professional help, & 2) "The Simpsons," where the German typeface of Australia's Parliament had 2 scribble in the "al".
Can there b other situations 4 that error 2 happen? I'll award a thumbs-up & maybe Best Answer if you've done so & can tell a good story about it. & what about Swaziland & Switzerland? Slovenia & Slovakia? (Bush 43 did that while running 4 office.) Or maybe 2 cities w/ the same name, like St. Petersburg or Paris, Odessa & Bakersfield (all 3 in TX).
2007-11-15 16:39:36 · 8 answers · asked by The Glorious S.O.B. 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Morocco and Monaco
2007-11-15 17:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by PilotN1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see it happening
+ when someone is being careless about paying attention
+ when the person is not a native English speaker
I was in the Model UN in college and went to several national conferences, and you would not believe how many college students constantly screwed up Australia and Austria. It was embarrassing.
2007-11-16 13:22:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dominica for Dominican Republic; French Guiana, Guyana, and Guinea are commonly mixed up; Ireland for Iceland; Liberia for Libya; Mauritania for Mauritius; Morocco for Monaco; Niger for Nigeria; etc. Misspelling countries, however, is almost unforgivable.
2007-11-16 01:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Duke Paul-Muad'Dib Atreides 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It happens very often mixing up Austria with Australia. In some languages they sound similar (p.e. Turkish : Avusturya - Avustralia) and the ignorance of many people in knowledge of geography.
2007-11-18 06:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a news story about a German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia but misbooked his ticket and wound up in Sidney, Montana instead.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/01/web_typo_tourist_snafu/
And here is a news story about a guy who wound up flying to Auckland, New Zealand instead of Oakland, California.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966172,00.html
2007-11-16 02:57:37 · answer #5 · answered by Northstar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, only by a couple of letters! Or if you are dyslexic. I'm dyslexic....I accidentally wrote orgasmic intead or organic in an essay. Lucky the lecturer had a great sense of humour. Perhaps, that was a Freudian slip!
2007-11-16 00:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by Angel2000 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
ur elaborated question was confusing.... but I would like to add something..a person can confuse austria with australia when his geography is poor....
and yea I am from Nepal ( Country)and every one in US thinks its Naples.....(City)
2007-11-16 00:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by deepti k 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
people confuse
Kazakhstan and Kirghistan.
2007-11-16 00:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋