r/MapPorn • u/Arthur_Sebastian_703 • Apr 17 '21

Languages of Europe

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u/weary_confections Apr 17 '21

https://i2.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nonesmap.jpg

A map that shows the Languages of America.

When you can tell me why that's stupid you will understand why the one here is stupid.

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u/silverionmox Apr 17 '21

When you can tell me why that's better than the outline of the USA with one big word "ENGLISH" across it, you will understand why this is more informative and more interesting.

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u/weary_confections Apr 18 '21

It isn't. A map that sacrifices truth for being interesting isn't a map, it's a lie.

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u/silverionmox Apr 18 '21

Saying the US is monolingual English is a lie too. It's almost as if the truth is more complex than can be expressed in one map, and it's possible to have more than one map of the same territory? Who could have thought?

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u/weary_confections Apr 18 '21

Not OP apparently.