return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUS government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferencewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoOh yes, the country called “Ivory Coast” is a land-locked nation… I can’t believe nobody caught at least that.
minus-squareryper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoTo be fair, it’s in French on the map, and “CÔTE D’IVOIRE” isn’t as obviously wrong if you don’t know French. I fully expected them to have put South Africa up north, but lucky for them they didn’t try to include it.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI guess nobody in the room was familiar with French, or ever had the curiosity to wonder what CÔTE D’IVOIRE means. I almost wish the AI threw in some fake countries. Kalmiba. Marwambo. And they’d just happily talk about the happenings in those countries.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThe lines don’t even map to the legend properly, they have no excuses.
Oh yes, the country called “Ivory Coast” is a land-locked nation…
I can’t believe nobody caught at least that.
To be fair, it’s in French on the map, and “CÔTE D’IVOIRE” isn’t as obviously wrong if you don’t know French.
I fully expected them to have put South Africa up north, but lucky for them they didn’t try to include it.
I guess nobody in the room was familiar with French, or ever had the curiosity to wonder what CÔTE D’IVOIRE means.
I almost wish the AI threw in some fake countries.
Kalmiba.
Marwambo.
And they’d just happily talk about the happenings in those countries.
The lines don’t even map to the legend properly, they have no excuses.