Altered Maps XIV: Cartographical Consistency

[Takhisis]

Oh yes, tentacles and giant lizards, I'd forgotten.

Altered map, from the Indy:

 

[Flying Pig]

Given that constituency boundaries change extremely often, there's a lot of room for skewed statistics in that map.

 

[Takhisis]

Yes, that's one thing I was thinking, the article never does quite go into detail. The point that most MPs -both synchronically and diachronically- are white males is not in question, still.

 

[Domen]

Now compare the % of regions which have never voted a non-white to the % of non-whites among their total population.

That would tell something maybe. Because this maps tells nothing.

 

[GinandTonic]

Now compare the % of regions which have never voted a non-white to the % of non-whites among their total population.

That would tell something maybe. Because this maps tells nothing.

Well the majority of people in all those constituencies are female.

 

[warpus]

Red cities end with ÓW and the Blue cities end with OWO

 

[Domen]

Wow that's interesting. Do they say how to explain this?

BTW - these are villages as well (too many points to be just cities).

 

[Domen]

Large version inside the spoiler, small version below:

Spoiler :

And here only the Commonwealth:

And also:

Duchy of Prussia = Ducal Prussia (East Prussia).

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The Grand Duchy:

What is now Ukraine:

How many people lived in properties of each of the richest clans:

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Marriages between Polish overlords / magnates and ruling dynasties of Ruthenian / Lithuanian principalities before 1569:

Możnowładca can be translated as overlord or as magnate. Perhaps more correct is overlord (magnate is in Polish - magnat).

Another table shows similar marriages after 1569 (after the Union of Lublin), but it is very long (much more marriages).

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Edit:

Check also - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13578762&postcount=1033

 

[gay_Aleks]

Habsburgs! Habsburgs everywhere!

 

[warpus]

Wow that's interesting. Do they say how to explain this?

BTW - these are villages as well (too many points to be just cities).

Yes, somebody on reddit found an explanation:

As writes Paweł Dudek of PAN (Pracownia Toponomastyczna Instytutu Języka Polskiego, Toponymical Department of the Institute of the Polish Language), the endings -ów and -ew are "among the most productive suffixes for forming possessive names, indicating the founder or owner of an area. They also exist in the feminine with -owa and -ewa (for example, Limanowa, Wiśniewa) and the neuter with -owo and -ewo (for example, Wielichowo, Radzewo)."

"Throughout the course of time, the grammatical type and number changes often (for example, Pniewo - Pniewy)," continues Dudek. "Names with the suffix -ów dominate in Lesser Poland [south-eastern Poland], and names with -owo in Greater Poland [central north-western Poland]. Names ending with -owa are characteristic of southern Lesser Poland, especially in Podhale." He explains that the geographic distribution of the suffix disparity confirms an old dialectal boundary, which means that in northern Poland, names ending with -owo/-ewo changed their form to -ów/-ew later.

Another map: Countries who mention God in their national anthem:

Up next week: A map of countries who mention Dog in their national anthem.

 

[JohannaK]

Heh, surprising that a country which takes pride on its secularism such as France would mention God in its anthem.

 

[warpus]

I was more surprised that a lot of Muslim countries don't mention God in their anthems.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Heh, surprising that a country which takes pride on its secularism such as France would mention God in its anthem.

I think in a lot of Western countries the mention of "God" in the anthem is like the 15th verse or something. I mean America's rather religious by Western standards, but I think "God" is in, say, the 6th verse once and that's it.

 

[warpus]

I view the inclusion of "God" in Canada's national anthem as a historical relic of a past when such things meant more to people than they do now. I mean, if you really look at it, our anthem is even a bit sexist - and yet we're keeping that part ("All thy sons command" - no mention of daughters). It made sense at the time, but these days we're a different country with different values. I don't think we need to change our national anthem each time there is a shift in the social and/or cultural makeup of our nation. But at the same time, having God in there is a bit silly. I would prefer it to be more inclusive, both in terms of genders as well as religious views.

 

[Domen]

Habsburgs! Habsburgs everywhere!

What thing connects Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Slovenia? Hint: starts with a "H".

 

[Takhisis]

The Holy Roman Empire?

 

[Domen]

Close but not!

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BTW - are the Habsburgs still around today ???

Spoiler :

Marcin Zamoyski (descendant of Zamoyscy from those maps) is actually the president of Zamość (city built by his ancestors):

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Zamoyski_(samorządowiec)

Countess Beata Tyszkiewicz is also around: https://www.google.pl/search?q=Tysz...0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1525&bih=691&dpr=0.9#imgdii=_

Some other magnate descendants: Czartoryska, Lubomirska, Lanckoronski, Branicka: http://natemat.pl/33897,wspolczesni...triotyczne-wychowanie-wspolne-biznesy-i-sluby

There was also a Polish branch of Habsburgs - but the last of them, Maria Krystyna Habsburg, died in 2002:

http://natemat.pl/33797,zmarla-ksiezna-maria-krystyna-habsburg-dzieje-rodu-to-milosc-do-polski

 

[Takhisis]

Are you positive?

 

[Domen]

Positive for what?

 

[Civ'ed]

Positive for what?

Habsburgs.