the world: places

Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.

Living in the US for a while I meet people allllll the time who believe that Holland and The Netherlands are two different countries. I met a boy a few days ago who said that his ancestors were from Holland but even he didn't know that the official name for Holland is: The Netherlands.

I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.

I used to believe that the maps for the United States and Texas were identical.

I used to believe that if you dug deep in the ground, you would pop out (upside down of course) in China.

we had a map of hawaii and a map of the continental united states in our hall. both were multi colored, where each island and each state was a different hue.
i used to beleive that each state was an island, but they didn't have enough room on the map to draw the water surrounding each island so they squished them all together to fit on the map.

I moved to Los Angeles from the midwest when I was 18, and was thrilled to hear reports on the radio about surfing conditions. But I always wondered where Port AuVere was located. I was 27 before I realized he was saying waves were "poor to fair."

When I was little the were a string of arsons in my city. And I remember thinking, man I wouldn't want to live on Arson street, there is always a fire there.

I grew up in California, USA, where many city names are of Spanish origin and have kept something like the original pronunciation. I used to believe that the city of San Jose (pronounced 'san ho-say' like the Spanish) was just right next to the city San Jose (pronounced 'san jo-za' as if it were English).

I used to believe that New Zealand was a place, which was made by the butcher of my neighborhood, in order to put his lambs there !

I could not understand, after listening to theevening news during the turbulent period in the late 60's, why everyone Haighted this guy named Ashbury in San Francisco.

When I was a child, I thought that was impossible to visit another city... until a car appears from another one.

I live in Norway and when i was younger
i thougt that Africa were on the other side of Trondheims-sea ,

When I was about 7 years old, in 1963, my grade school teacher asked 'Can anyone point out Germany on the map?' I confidently walked to the front and pointed to Cuba. I'll always remember the consternation this caused the teacher. Why was I so sure Cuba was Germany? It could only be that Second War films and TV coverage of the Cuban missile crisis had somehow become intermingled in my mind!

I have lived in WAY northern Ca for most of my life, and whenever I would see a car with a sticker on it that had the letters OB and a small flying bird..I used to tell my friends that it meant they were an OB/GYN, and would usually comment on the type of car they had, like if it was a junky one, WOW! what a horrible car for a doctor to have! It wasnt until I moved to San Diego County, and drove through Ocean Beach that i saw that same symbol..and realized what an idiot I was! (BTW, I was 28, when I moved to SD)

When i was a kid my famliy was on a road trip. We were driving when my mom pointed and said "that is a winery." I actually thought this was a place where they put kids who wined a lot.