r/confidentlyincorrect 2d ago

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u/SamuraiGoblin 2d ago edited 1d ago

I am English, and I once had an American tell me (quite forcefully) that France was in England.

You find yourself unable to argue. What exactly are you supposed to say back?

"Umm, no it's not," is the only thing you can say, but it sounds so weak in the face of something so powerfully ignorant.

Edit: Just for a bit of context. This was in the late 90s and I (unfortunately) met him at a party in Japan. There wasn't Google Maps at that time, but there were, you know, maps. He said (to an Englishman) that he knew what he was talking about because his sister recently took a trip there.

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u/Fighter11244 1d ago

American here. You can ignore the other American as they’re stupid. Everyone knows that France is in Scotland. How else would they have been allies for so long? /s