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...and never the twain shall meet?

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My scores on standardized tests of spatial reasoning were always rock-bottom. This speaks to me.

[It’s from xkcd. Hat tip to the Language Log.]

Comments

I guess you have to own a euro-centric map for it to all make sense. For instance, “Middle-East” never maid sense to me either. If Jordan is in the Middle East, does that mean the “East” starts with Turkey?