Altered maps XI: Towards a New Decade!
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This map is funny, but some things don't make sense. Casteñola? Namibia? Scotland? Northern Morocco!?
Anyway, I like the map. I'd do a "Europe According to Spaniards" map, but I'm too lazy to download gimp or another good software, and those maps are ridicoulous ugly with paint.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
I think that "Scotland" refers to the tendency among Gallician nationalists to tout their "Celtic" heritage, which they express in the fine old Celtic tradition of playing their bagpipes at an unreasonably loud volume until given national self-determination or ham or whatever it is that we're supposed to want, I forget.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
But Casteñola, Namibia and Northern Morocco,... it's hard to find them a sense.
Save_Ferris
Admiring Myself
I don't know much about Spanish culture, but I do know that Namibia is mostly desert and is one of the least densely populated countries on Earth.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
I know that too. But despite Castilla-La Mancha being not much populated, it's not a desert. It's plains of fields and all that stuff.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
It's an exaggerated stereotype of exaggerated stereotyping. I don't think that it's supposed to bear that close an examination.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
It's just too exaggerate to me. And I should know. I'm a Spaniard after all. (More Catalan than Spaniard, true, but Spaniard after all)
uat2d
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Why windshield for Portugal and gabachos for France?
JohannaK
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Gabachos is a despective synonymous for French. Windshield cuz... stronger winds come from the Atlant- Cortés' Sea 
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uat2d
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Bah, it's so much more than that, I don't believe that's the first thing that comes to mind.
As a Portuguese from Porto, Vigo is less than half the distance than Lisbon and even La Coruña is closer to us than the capital, so Galicia would be our "Hermanos". Cataluña is probably the second one we're the closest to because of the shared rivalries with the capital, Porto is to Lisbon almost what Barcelona is to Madrid (even though we don't hate the other half as much as you do
) and FC Barça is to Real Madrid the same as FC Porto is to SL Benfica. Even though if it was a map I'd just write "Las Ramblas" 
As a Portuguese from Porto, Vigo is less than half the distance than Lisbon and even La Coruña is closer to us than the capital, so Galicia would be our "Hermanos". Cataluña is probably the second one we're the closest to because of the shared rivalries with the capital, Porto is to Lisbon almost what Barcelona is to Madrid (even though we don't hate the other half as much as you do
) and FC Barça is to Real Madrid the same as FC Porto is to SL Benfica. Even though if it was a map I'd just write "Las Ramblas"
uat2d
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Yes, I'd say it's more distinctive than most dialects here. The most different dialects are probably the ones from the Azores and from Madeira when compared to the rest of the country, but even in continental Portugal, the dialect can be quite different from Porto (and pretty much the north part of the country) to Lisbon or to Alentejo.
It's also quite similar to Galician, I mean, I sure every Portuguese can understand Spanish very easily, but if you compare the Portuguese northern accent with Galician, they're very very similar.
Civ'ed
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this is not the place to discuss such things!
aronnax
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Be a little clearer!
MrTrt, maps regarding games have their threads in the 'All Other Games'. Specifically, yours should be in Victoria 2.
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