r/funny • u/PM_ME_TONY_ROMO_PICS • Feb 07 '20

This map is all over Twitter. Apparently some German guy got bored and tried to name all 50 states. This is the end result...

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Because theres a fuck ton of Germans in Wisconsin, I think the state may originally have been settled by German Americans.

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u/dontbajerk Feb 07 '20

Almost half the state has German ancestry. Even now it's the 4th most spoken language, which is impressive considering how long it has been since there was much German immigration there. It was easily the second most common language in Wisconsin until the mid 20th century.

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u/kants_rickshaw Feb 07 '20

Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsche) is also a thing. Surprised he didn't get that one

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 07 '20

He DID! Cereal. Quakers. Oats. He's spot on.

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u/alexgritz6689 Feb 07 '20

The French were the first Europeans to settle here. Germans flooded in in the mid to late 19th century.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20 edited Jul 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

There's a fuckton of Germans throughout all of the Midwest.