# Brits. Look familiar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042 "2008-06-15T19:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/1 "2008-06-15T19:53:03Z")
This landmass in America looks like something we know quite well, on it’s back, and a little disproportioned. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=48.429201,-55.546875&spn=10.602031,19.072266&z=6 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/2 "2008-06-15T20:00:54Z")
I guess you can call Canada America, if you’re referring to the continent. For us non-Brits, what are we supposed to be seeing? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/3 "2008-06-15T20:01:53Z")
That’s Canada. But I’m not sure what it’s supposed to look like? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/4 "2008-06-15T20:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=FloatyGimpy] That’s Canada. But I’m not sure what it’s supposed to look like? [/QUOTE] I mean America the continent, not USA. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/5 "2008-06-15T20:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] I guess you can call Canada America, if you’re referring to the continent. For us non-Brits, what are we supposed to be seeing? [/QUOTE] It looks a bit like Britain, on it’s back, disproportioned… Or maybe I’m one of those people that sees things in clouds that nobody else sees. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/6 "2008-06-15T20:14:39Z")
I guessed what you were getting at, but to be honest, it’s not a great likeness. It could just as easily be the 2012 Olympics logo. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/7 "2008-06-15T20:19:20Z")
Don’t worry **Lobsang** , I can see it too. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/8 "2008-06-15T22:04:28Z")
The continent is called North America, but I will grant you Newfoundland looks kind of like Scotland lying on its back with a boner. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/9 "2008-06-15T22:08:40Z")
If its Britain then someone Cornish was allowed to draw it up 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-look-familiar/453042/10 "2008-06-15T23:08:34Z")
On yet another look, it’s slightly bizarre that the A12 has become one portion of Route 1. Slightly bizarre for anyone who uses the A12, that is.