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20 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From One Another.

One of the things that make the United States special is its diverse and varied linguistic background. You might think people speak the same English you and I know, but that’s not actually the case. The number of different accents spoken in the US and the degree of lexical variation are just fascinating. Language variation […]

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The Most Common Surnames in Every Country [Mapped].

We certainly have an idea about the common surname of our own countries. But have you ever thought about what might be the most common surnames in other countries? If you don’t know, NetCredit designed a map just to enlighten you about this. So here is a comprehensive map that reveals the most common surnames in every

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Map Of Europe Re-drawn According To What Countries Look Like.

The phrase “seeing the world differently” can mean different things to different people. Some people will literally see some world countries differently according to how they lookalike in the map. One of these people is the German Youtuber Zackabier who imagines what some specifically European countries look like. It takes a feat of imagination to

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Map Shows Where The Most Popular Languages Are Spoken.

As of today, there are approximately 7000 spoken languages in the world. The great majority of these languages are spoken by very tiny minorities. It might come as a surprise to know that about 70% of the world’s population, two-thirds of the people walking the earth right now, use or speak only 16 of these

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Demonym Maps Showing the Proper Way to Refer to Citizens of Each US State and Canadian Province.

A demonym is a word that names citizens of a specific place, generally obtained from the name of the area. It’s not always easy to guess the demonym of certain places. You think you can just add -an to the name of the place to get a demonym but it’s not always the case, especially with names of

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