On 2016-11-05 6:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
> In article >, sf says...
>>
>> On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 06:40:05 +1100, Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you comparing getting the name of an entire country wrong to
>>> pronouncing the name of a fly-over state differently? (With all due
>>> respect to fly-over people.)
>>
>> Yes. That fly-over state is twice the size of England.
>> In fact, 11 of our States are larger than the entire UK.
>>
>> 1. Alaska = 7.05 UKs
>> 2. Texas = 2.86 UKs
>> 3. California = 1.74 UKs
>> 4. Montana = 1.56 UKs
>> 5. New Mexico = 1.29 UKs
>> 6. Arizona = 1.21 UKs
>> 7. Nevada= 1.17 UKs
>> 8. Colorado = 1.11 UKs
>> 9. Oregon = 1.04 UKs
>> 10. Wyoming = 1.03 UKs
>> 11. Michigan = 1.03 UKs
>
> But they're not countries. They don't even have a soccer team in world
> championships. The UK has potentially 4.
>


Hmm....I just looked at the list of Olympic gold medal winners for the
last 50 years. UK and Australia have never won a medal in soccer, and
the Netherlands has not won one since 1920.