The other Georgia
August 20, 2008 on 1:56 pm | In random |So now that Georgia is on the news for being attacked by Russia, it’s got to be sort of confusing for people at first. Especially people who weren’t very aware that there were two of them to start with. I know when I first saw the news, I did a double-take and wondered why I hadn’t noticed that sort of thing. I can be incredibly oblivious sometimes when I’m focused on other things, but I’m pretty sure that bombs or fires would pull my attention away from my usual musings as I drive to work/school. But then I realized that it was the other Georgia they were talking about and did what most other Americans probably did. I muttered “oh, that’s a relief” and cared about 85% less about it.
But here’s the thing. Even though the state I reside in isn’t the only Georgia, aren’t we the most popular one? Shouldn’t they have to qualify it when they’re talking about the other one by adding “you know, that little country in Europe somewhere, not the U.S. state”? I think it would avoid a lot of confusion that way. And I’m all about avoiding confusion.
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Or they could say, “Georgia the lesser” and “Georgia the greater.” I’ll let you decide which is which.
Comment by brandon — August 20, 2008 #
i was confused too—until they showed it on a map. i thought if it was the u.s. they would be making a little bit bigger deal about it!
Comment by Bit — August 21, 2008 #
Haha, I would hope so!
Comment by Wendy W — August 21, 2008 #