Royal cartography

[baleanoptera]

It's possible its all the work but several things have amused me greatly recently:

1. The Norwegian royals. They used to be boring and rather predicable, and the most exciting thing that happened was that stuff like Old King Olav taking the tram during the 1970's petrol crisis, so that he could go skiing.

Comments

[bzoppa]

I remember hearing about the school to talk to angels thing! Have you posted this before, or did I happen to run across it somewhere else?

As for your map about soda, I'm amused because I live in Washington DC, which appears to be under the most geographically diverse (by term, at least) of the map. (DC is on the east coast in the middle, if you didn't know.) Although now that I look closer, DC is covered by yellow, and I do call it soda. I grew up in the suburbs just north of DC and learned soda. Interestingly, just below DC are a bunch of "pop" places, which I think are the midwesterners who moved to the Virginia suburbs. They're an eclectic gathering of rednecks in the suburbs.

[baleanoptera]

I admit to posting about the Royal angelica school. I cannot help it - when politics turn sour (which seems to be a more and more frequent occurrence) I focus on the royals instead. After all - they have no power and so it isn't as worrisome if they are a bit odd.
At least that is my excuse - if I continue down this path I will probably end up with a large amount of cats and a house that smells funny.

They're an eclectic gathering of rednecks in the suburbs.

Hee! I think my favourite part about this map are all these wonderful comments like that, because I honestly had no idea that there was such a Pop/soda divide and so I feel like I'm learning something a bit strange but also very fascinating. I like it!

[winterdahlia]

I think that U.S. soda map is pretty accurate. I am deep in "soda" territory, and if you call it "pop" around here, you will get some weird looks. :-D I had a childhood friend whose family was originally from the midwest. It always made me smile when her mom would ask us (in her heavy Midwest accent) if we wanted some "pop." (Have you seen the movie Fargo? Well, her mom talked just like Frances McDormand's character. I always loved her accent!)

Well, anyway, I love that someone actually did an analysis of names for soft drinks, and then made this map! :-)

[baleanoptera]

I love the map, and comments like yours makes me love it more. :) I honestly find this very intriguing, though I'm not entirely sure why.

And yes, I've seen - and loved- Fargo. I'm rather fond of the Coen brothers films, though the dramas more than the comedies. I like how their films, even Fargo, has this half mythic quality about them. Have you seen "Miller's crossing"?

And sadly I have only a bloody Seth to go with your "Lolz" one. (and for some reason it cracks me up that Seth Bullock is on a Lolz icon. It's just perfection)

[baleanoptera]

I sort of love the fact that the Norwegian royals translate so well. Hee. *pets their little crowned heads*

And this is the fun princess, I haven't even started on the Crown prince and his slightly scary wife who now talks warmly of piety and Calvinism - but who used to be a single mom with what the press described as a "very party going attitude". Apparently there is a sex tape of her somewhere, or so the rumour goes. Maybe that explains the calvinism...

whether someone here says "pop," "coke," or "soda" is one of the best instant identifiers of where they're from...

See, I had no idea, but that is simply fascinating. I can't think of an equivalent in Norwegian except for different regional slang for moonshine, and they are not the safest indicator to begin with. Then again Norwegian is a very dialect heavy language, and so you can usually tell from that. (Interesting fact: Norwegian has two official written languages, but none of them correspond completely to the way people actually talk. At school we have to learn them both,

[sunnyskywalker]

Wait, two written languages? How do they differ?

[nymeria_snow]

The map of those "lost Rivers" is lovely =) I knew there are a few rivers flowing under the city, but I had no idea that are so many.

The whole map blog is actually quite interesting!

[baleanoptera]

I had no idea about the rivers either. I new the Fleet river and the Thames, obviously - but the others were just a mystery to me. I guess it really goes to show how much a city changes the face of the landscape.

And great to hear you liked the blog. I'm utterly fascinated by maps so to me it was quite a find.

[sunnyskywalker]

California is definitely soda territory. My sixth-grade teacher grew up in a pop region, and we all thought that was weird.

So that's how Paris sees the world! Louisiana, hee :D Interestingly, I think "Australia: kangaroos" would also appear on the map of the world as seen from the US. Poor Australia. (BTW, what's Paris got against New Zealand?)

[baleanoptera]

Until this map I didn't know there was a regional difference, and now you are all sharing these intriguing pieces of information. It just so interesting. Hee.

As for the hate against New Zealand I think it is connected to French nuclear testing. IIRC the French tested on some islands near New Zealand and that led to some harsh exchange of words. (and I'm obviously tired because now I pictured that scenario in a somewhat Monty Python'esque manner.)

[sunnyskywalker]

Ah, I can see how that would lead to some tension. Sounds like that "end of the world" flash video, actually...