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Re: Where is Slovenia?
G. Donald Bain 2008-Jun-16 19:31:00
Very amusing, as well as disturbing. Geographic knowledge is at an all
time low in the US.
Of course, Las Vegas may not be the best place to look for well-
educated people. :-)
Education is one of the valuable contributions of the WWP. I would
love to see more contributors from some under-represented areas,
especially Africa.
Don
On Jun 16, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Bostjan Burger wrote:
> Journalists of that radio went to USA and did a research how are
> citisens of US familiar with that "tiny country- but at the moment
> (still) the head of the EU"...here are resoults: http://www.radiohit.si/si/novice/1118/
> .
>
> :) Bostjan
>
>
> But... citisens of US don't panic... it was similar research in
> Vienna (capital of Austria...that is Europe...70% of the asked
> people had not a clue where is Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia) and
> 25% with no idea where is Slovenia...
>
> Conclusion: more popularity of WWP - more geography knowledge...