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  • @margaretf667
    @margaretf667 Рік тому +153

    In Ireland red squirrels are recovering because our pine Martin's are recovering. The red squirrels are harder to catch than the grey. Go team red squirrels!

    • @ascra1693
      @ascra1693 Рік тому +6

      Yes. And I live on the south west coast of ireland and we have loads of red squirrels. The map says we have none.. terrible map

    • @xenialafleur
      @xenialafleur Рік тому

      At least you haven't been invaded by raccoons like Germany.

    • @evok74
      @evok74 Рік тому

      ​@@United-Nationsu🎉

    • @user-kf8lt7qp5f
      @user-kf8lt7qp5f Рік тому +2

      That’s fantastic. I live in England, and I think grey squirrels are very much taking over here. I happen to live in Northumberland, which is one of the Red squirrels best holdouts

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah Рік тому

      @@United-Nations I didn't know the Irish rainforests had been destroyed.

  • @annahimmel
    @annahimmel Рік тому +40

    I'm Turkish and I'd describe our relationship with Greece as very brother-like. We hate each other's guts and fight a lot but at our core we're the same, we share a lot of our culture, cuisine and values. We just speak different languages and in hard times I like seeing that we support each other as well.

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI Рік тому +2

      I did kind of suspected something like that, from what he mentioned about that, as that sounds a lot like the Danish-Swedish relations too, so nice to get that confirmed :)

  • @wymarsane7305
    @wymarsane7305 Рік тому +61

    That farmer needs to build a tiny island on Neitokainen that's a to scale model of the pond.

  • @StarsManny
    @StarsManny Рік тому +4

    There is a black squirrel near where i live. Black squirrels are really weird to see, they're jet black all over.

  • @williamlanger9229
    @williamlanger9229 Рік тому +6

    I just hope the guy who dug the lake makes a little tiny landmass in the centre of it that also looks like Finland. and then a body of water shaped like Finland in the centre of that, and then...

  • @ouiVEVO
    @ouiVEVO Рік тому +8

    Alright, entitled frenchman here. Let me explain and confirm those expressions at 1:05 :
    "To take a scottish shower" (prendre une douche écossaise???) ==> never heard of it. Might as well not exist.
    "The english have landed" (Les anglais sont arrivés) ==> I've heard it said once, definitely not common.
    "To slip away the english way" (filer à l'anglaise) ==> Friendly banter, nothing more. (I swear è.é )
    "To talk like a spannish cow" (parler comme une vache espagnole) ==> The real expression is "To talk english like a spannish cow" (Parler anglais comme une vache espagnole), used to denote of the peculiar French way of refusing to speak English properly.
    "Spannish wanking" (branlette espagnole) ==> Exactly as advertised. Us french have a lot of vocabulary for a lot of very specific acts.
    "A spannish inn" (Une auberge espagnole) ==> Yeah, exactly that. Somewhere where everything can happen. Also the title of a cool French movie about an Erasmus student in Spain.
    "The russian mountains" (Les montagnes russes) ==> Ok this one is a bit off. "Montagnes Russes" is our french term for "rollercoaster", we don't have "Rouleurs-côtiers" or whatever the fuck the quebecquois translation is. So, this expression is **tangeantially** related to Russia, because it's an expression derived from an expression.
    "To be drunk like a Pole" (Saoul comme un Polonnais?) ==> never heard of it. We used other expressions, like "rond comme une queue de pelle" (Round like a shovel handle) to describe sunday afternoon.
    "A german quarrel" (Un conflit allemand?) ==> Wut? Never heard it in my life, but I definitely can see it used in northern France, especially Normandie.
    "A Roman's job" (un travail à la romaine? Une tâche/corvée à la romaine?) ==> never heard of it. Seems like something very old people, forced to learn latin in elementary school, would say.
    I cannot see the other ones, you're blocking them with that dazzling smile of yours toycat.

  • @EpreTroll
    @EpreTroll Рік тому +1

    Mini france reminds me of Madurodam in Holland. We have one of those too!

  • @goedendag9446
    @goedendag9446 Рік тому +8

    Greenland doesn't just seem big because of the Mercator projection; If you include it as part of Denmark, then Denmark almost makes the top 10 list for biggest countries and is the second biggest European country.

  • @generaledelogu1892
    @generaledelogu1892 Рік тому +11

    I think it'd be cool if you went to Argentina, just to visit the Welsh-settled towns in Chubut

  • @georgthesecond
    @georgthesecond Рік тому +27

    In Russia we use an expression "leaving the english way" meaning "leaving without saying goodbye to anyone". Feels similar to the french one on the first map.

    • @RounderRounder
      @RounderRounder Рік тому +8

      That’s called an “Irish goodbye” in Britain and in America. Strange how these things work really.

    • @descalzitao6779
      @descalzitao6779 Рік тому +5

      It's the exact same as French :D

    • @georgthesecond
      @georgthesecond Рік тому

      @@descalzitao6779 yeah, pretty much. I wasn't sure about the meaning of fleeing in that context.

    • @bananenmusli2769
      @bananenmusli2769 Рік тому +6

      In Germany we say when somebody is rude "That's not the fine English way"

    • @hoiikbenhet100
      @hoiikbenhet100 Рік тому +1

      We call that the "rat taxi" lol

  • @yepperdeedooda
    @yepperdeedooda Рік тому +42

    That no sign on the French flag made me smile.

    • @P1kaSans
      @P1kaSans Рік тому +8

      no more stinky fr*nce!!!

    • @toureaoua620
      @toureaoua620 Рік тому

      @@P1kaSans Shut up and stop hating france for no reason.

    • @elitecereal
      @elitecereal Рік тому +4

      CHILL OUT you gotta censor fr*nch dude

    • @toureaoua620
      @toureaoua620 Рік тому +3

      @@elitecereal and why should they?

    • @Squid_y
      @Squid_y Рік тому

      ☹️☹️

  • @KRawatXP2003
    @KRawatXP2003 Рік тому +15

    The thumbnail is gold.

    • @prion42
      @prion42 Рік тому

      😂

    • @toureaoua620
      @toureaoua620 Рік тому +4

      Man why do y'all hate france for no reason?? Xd

    • @SneakBee09133
      @SneakBee09133 Рік тому

      @@toureaoua620because it’s fr*nce

    • @MoolsDogTwoOfficial
      @MoolsDogTwoOfficial Рік тому

      @@toureaoua620It’s a meme to hate France or any other random country. And it could also be due to the fact that France exists.

  • @mhslover
    @mhslover Рік тому +8

    9:50 Shoutouts to The Tim Traveller

  • @D_A86
    @D_A86 Рік тому +26

    I was given the nickname squirrel in school, and i have red hair. So technically, there is still 1 singular red squirrel in the Midlands 😂😂😂

  • @radio_marco
    @radio_marco Рік тому +2

    3:33 Funnily enough we say in Switzerland to slip away the french way. (Französischer Abgang)

  • @WeirdAwesomeGeography
    @WeirdAwesomeGeography Рік тому +2

    ibx2cat videos make me happy :)

  • @Aleblanco1987
    @Aleblanco1987 Рік тому +4

    Come to Argentina Toycat! We are exceedingly cheap right now and I can give you advise.

  • @DoiInthanon1897
    @DoiInthanon1897 Рік тому +8

    Ah yes, toycat’s vendetta against France continues!

  • @estraume
    @estraume Рік тому +4

    You need to make a video explaining why the Dymaxion map or Fuller map is the best map projection!

  • @Xylospring
    @Xylospring Рік тому +11

    2:23 Honestly Brittany is funny to see in a way there, as it does mean Little Britain.

  • @lucianodeer
    @lucianodeer Рік тому

    At some points I felt that maybe there's more nuance to be had, but my conclusion is this has been a joy to watch without it. Hell yeah map man, your smile is contagious 🎉🎉🎉

  • @sauronsmundwinkel
    @sauronsmundwinkel Рік тому +2

    in germany we have both the saying 'Poland is still open', meaning you still consider doing something mean, and the rather common 'poland is not yet lost'.

  • @relaxingmusic-fn5bo
    @relaxingmusic-fn5bo Рік тому

    how day you get access to the countries I've visited map?

  • @rebeccawinter472
    @rebeccawinter472 6 місяців тому

    With the map @ 2:00 - the Brittany region of France actually traditionally speaks a Celtic dialect (related to Cornish (most closely), Welsh, and Gaelic) - so making it part of Ireland isn’t actually that crazy. It arguably makes more sense than it being part of France.
    Just ensure that the entire historic part of Brittany - including Nantes (which Vichy France carved out of Brittany and has yet to be restored) - is included. Looks like they did that here. 😊

  • @SherieCrosby
    @SherieCrosby Рік тому +3

    where Toycat sits, is always blocking out Australia & Oceania. Is there a map or projection, where Toycat sits and doesn't block it out?

  • @harriwhipp7949
    @harriwhipp7949 Рік тому

    You forgot to mention at 4:30 that there is a place called 'Ham' near sandwich and there's even a sign post that points too 'Ham' and underneath points to 'Sandwich' 😁

  • @jaffa3717
    @jaffa3717 Рік тому +7

    Very good thumbnail

    • @jaxxives243
      @jaxxives243 Рік тому

      Yes

    • @toureaoua620
      @toureaoua620 Рік тому

      Time to mass report you for discriminating and hating for no reasonm

    • @idiot3001
      @idiot3001 Рік тому

      @@toureaoua620 🤓

  • @radio_marco
    @radio_marco Рік тому +2

    15:06 Does Liechenstein even have a MCD?
    Edit: Yes it has one in Vaduz.

  • @than217
    @than217 Рік тому

    Phub ads tomorrow: "All Real Live Scottish Showers! No English Landing."

  • @stitchgroover
    @stitchgroover Рік тому +1

    Gotta laugh at "to slip away the English way", since the English use "French exit" for the same thing

  • @rizka7945
    @rizka7945 Рік тому +8

    16:33 So you are saying Wales isn't a country? Finally the British have come to their senses.

    • @hkgehts9061
      @hkgehts9061 Рік тому

      He’s said that often

    • @alexhajnal107
      @alexhajnal107 Рік тому

      I'm of the opinion that Wales exists but Welsh is just them toying with us :^)

  • @Louganda
    @Louganda Рік тому +2

    The thumbnail looks like your hand naturally went into a thumbs up when you saw there is no France.

    • @candyneige6609
      @candyneige6609 Рік тому

      It's the wrong country, it's supposed to be Germany as the missing country, not France.

  • @bananenmusli2769
    @bananenmusli2769 Рік тому +8

    If you go to Argentina you can visit my grandpa there, he's got lots of stories to tell, but don't tell him you're English.
    Greetings from Germany

    • @radio_marco
      @radio_marco Рік тому

      underrated. 🤣
      What are his stands on Switzerland though.

  • @feliperivero743
    @feliperivero743 Рік тому +2

    If you don't wan argentina or chile colapseing on you go to Uruguay it won't colapse plus i'm here so that makes uruguay epic

  • @newwaveinfantry8362
    @newwaveinfantry8362 Рік тому +6

    4:30 - No, it's named after the famous Lord Sandwich, which is what sandwiches are named after.

    • @ibx2cat
      @ibx2cat  Рік тому +5

      The Earl of sandwich was named that because of the town though.

  • @arcxjo
    @arcxjo Рік тому +16

    The no-W map still has Western Sahara.

    • @generaledelogu1892
      @generaledelogu1892 Рік тому +5

      The region of Western Sahara is claimed in its entirety by Morocco as well as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, making the region not a W nation for either case

    • @charlesrhodes1089
      @charlesrhodes1089 Рік тому +1

      Also wales

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Рік тому +1

      ​@@charlesrhodes1089it's spelled hwales

    • @callmefleet
      @callmefleet Рік тому

      @@Spacemongerr um, aschtukalliy it's spelled cymru

    • @charlesrhodes1089
      @charlesrhodes1089 Рік тому

      @callmefleet actually its pronounced "hgdjkwprklmndwthgbwplmnbwrty"

  • @SquirrelWatcher
    @SquirrelWatcher Рік тому +1

    Finally a map that interests me

  • @anj000
    @anj000 Рік тому

    17:10 is there similar map but more detailed? With sub-regions for every country.

  • @Xylospring
    @Xylospring Рік тому +5

    Its Either Beans and Toast are Canon, or France is Canon. You cant have it both ways for the Live Action Anime Adaptation.

    • @candyneige6609
      @candyneige6609 Рік тому

      You can actually have it both ways as long as you disregard Germany from being canon.

  • @Ne0LiT
    @Ne0LiT Рік тому

    6:10 Actually, that's not the case for Turkey, the truth is that during Ottoman times, there was a huge mixing happening in there, so even today, you can see very fair skinned turks, with light eye colors like green and blue, same thing with hair colors, but there are also a lot of darker skinned turks, with dark hair, brown eyes. This is also true to Bulgaria, but at lesser extent. So since turks want to be considered more European, the darker skinned people are more likely to do whitening to look more European and the really light skinned ones, are likely to want to tan to follow the trend and stand out more, lol

  • @prinskorvar9331
    @prinskorvar9331 Рік тому

    i love you're videos plese never stop

  • @clockblower6414
    @clockblower6414 4 місяці тому

    Love euphemisms for periods

  • @Vinterloft
    @Vinterloft Рік тому

    Me, a Norwegian intellectual: "Red squirrels? Gray squirrels? What do you mean, all squirrels are brown!"

  • @radio_marco
    @radio_marco Рік тому

    17:35 Why don't they divide Switzerland in their Cantons?
    The only real travel achivement I got, is visiting every of the 26 Cantons.
    I mean I haven't seen a Sea in my live yet and I turn pretty soon 18, just saying.

  • @danmarsh5949
    @danmarsh5949 Рік тому

    A British person was complaining to me that he couldn't get good cajun food. Does that mean we also have to have Louisi-max-iana?
    If you go to Casablanca, do you have to watch the movie first?
    If you go to Chile, you'll have to visit that one desert in the Alps. Atacapa, something like that.

  • @tautvydasburneika4052
    @tautvydasburneika4052 Рік тому +1

    Did you ben to Lithuania?
    Did you liked it?

  • @EggandChris
    @EggandChris Рік тому

    the UK was done dirty in that partition of France. Think of the old Angevin Empire!

  • @dalemcleod3439
    @dalemcleod3439 Рік тому

    but how do you say them in french

  • @JustaJackalope
    @JustaJackalope Рік тому

    16:35
    Western Sahara! (Not recognized though but on the map it's there)

  • @ozstickman
    @ozstickman Рік тому

    Why you always cover australia

  • @kets4443
    @kets4443 6 місяців тому

    "Although this is just a roundabout which shows how the French feel about us" They have the most in the world!

  • @FelipeMesquita
    @FelipeMesquita Рік тому

    In Brazil we say "Pra inglês ver" (for englishmen to see), when something is made just for looks, but no one cares about it like a useless law or something

  • @lukaswirmsberger6260
    @lukaswirmsberger6260 Рік тому

    what do you mean you never saw a red squirrel? I went to the UK last month for only the 2nd time in my life (1st one was 1998) and I saw multiple in the 2 weeks I was there. Maybe not in London but man, just go outside?
    Edit:Ps: I'm from Germany. I didn't even know grey ones existed. Lol.

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 Рік тому +2

    The mc Donalds pricing map does not include the cost of healthcare resulting from it;)

  • @lucasoscar
    @lucasoscar Рік тому

    Come to Argentina Toycat, i would make the best Asado for you, digital nomads love it here

  • @danmarsh5949
    @danmarsh5949 Рік тому +1

    Have you ever eaten a sandwich in Sandwich? New third-channel video idea!

    • @livwake
      @livwake 7 місяців тому

      I have!

  • @LewisHillier88
    @LewisHillier88 Рік тому +2

    Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Otto Witt from the film Zulu?

  • @Alex-hongry
    @Alex-hongry Рік тому

    “Covered in squirrels” 😂😂😂

  • @glitchguypr0411
    @glitchguypr0411 Рік тому +1

    When you brought up the map of sandwich I saw my house

    • @ibx2cat
      @ibx2cat  Рік тому +1

      Do you live in a sandwich?

  • @xilifili7033
    @xilifili7033 Рік тому

    The thumbnail really made me smile😀

  • @专业的Ozoneguy
    @专业的Ozoneguy Рік тому

    16:36 what about Wales?

    • @hkgehts9061
      @hkgehts9061 Рік тому

      Not a country

    • @专业的Ozoneguy
      @专业的Ozoneguy Рік тому

      It's a country. The The UK government still has some authority over it though.

    • @hkgehts9061
      @hkgehts9061 Рік тому

      @@专业的Ozoneguy lmao, some authority? The UK government has total authority over it. Any autonomy it has is given to it and can be taken back from the UK government. I don't think you quite understand how the UK works. Wales is a constituent country, the UK is a country

    • @专业的Ozoneguy
      @专业的Ozoneguy Рік тому

      Yeah, well still a country.

    • @hkgehts9061
      @hkgehts9061 Рік тому

      @@专业的Ozoneguy no, constituent country. Totally different from a country. Outside the UK, no one considers Wales a country

  • @hoiikbenhet100
    @hoiikbenhet100 Рік тому

    The only time ive ever seen a squirrel was in London, i think it was red lol.

  • @ShawNshawN
    @ShawNshawN Рік тому

    Fun fact on Poland, they call German "no speak" language aka barbarians. So because of WWII and other invasions they consider them barbarians. Also, Italian is called the hairy language since they are so hairy. LOL

  • @holygooff
    @holygooff Рік тому

    Wait you´ve never arrived in Calais and never been to Paris? Surprising!

  • @sauronsmundwinkel
    @sauronsmundwinkel Рік тому

    5:00 ever heard of pfarthome in germany?

  • @ErdTirdMans
    @ErdTirdMans Рік тому

    9:54 Ooo, Toycat watches Tim Traveler!

  • @AmstradExin
    @AmstradExin Рік тому

    Toycat does what Mapmen't.

  • @Dh540
    @Dh540 4 місяці тому

    16:28 he removed Wadiya!!😮

  • @darrinbrunner6429
    @darrinbrunner6429 Рік тому

    Chile, because I've never seen a Chile vlog. Everyone goes to Rio.

  • @kristalic
    @kristalic Рік тому +1

    how the fuck does this man just sit in front of a camera for 20 minutes and talk without any cuts

  • @creeperawman1431
    @creeperawman1431 Рік тому +1

    TALK ABOUT TURKEY TALK ABOUT TURKEY TALK ABOUT TURKEY TALK ABOUT TURKEY TALK ABOUT TURKEY MMMMMMM YEZZZZZZZZ

  • @YeCannyDaeThat
    @YeCannyDaeThat Рік тому

    Fucking spat out my food at MAXICO hahahahah

  • @Ussurin
    @Ussurin Рік тому +2

    1:19 - the Polish one wasn't properly translated: It should be "(to be heavily intoxicated but still able to fulfill one's obligations}".
    It comes from Napoleonic wars, where Poles under Napoleon were known to always accomplish the heaviest military tasks around. And drink a lot at any other point.

  • @FatAlan_
    @FatAlan_ Рік тому

    You mentioned Cyprus, my life is complete

  • @nathaniel.higgerson
    @nathaniel.higgerson Рік тому

    Total Grey Squirrel Death... NOW!!!

  • @NewSchattenRayquaza
    @NewSchattenRayquaza Рік тому

    The sandwich was named after the English politician John Montagu, a.k.a. the 4th Earl of Sandwich

  • @MeiraV-
    @MeiraV- Рік тому +1

    My mom loved Argentina. For what that's worth lol

  • @Spacey1800
    @Spacey1800 Рік тому

    15:10 that’s incorrect bc I went there and a hamburger costs 4 francs

  • @iamagi
    @iamagi Рік тому

    Denmark and Norway didn't send aid to Turkey and Syria?

  • @scattr7592
    @scattr7592 Рік тому

    Mexico mention hype!

  • @ShawNshawN
    @ShawNshawN Рік тому

    Great video. Sorry the US didn't work out. You got to marry some foolish girl there; that's the trick, then stay I think 7 years.

  • @patrikmodrovsky1842
    @patrikmodrovsky1842 Рік тому

    when you have been in Slovakia?

  • @you_dare_to_gaze_upon_me
    @you_dare_to_gaze_upon_me Рік тому

    corsica: AM I A JOKE TO U

  • @dragonli1y
    @dragonli1y Рік тому +2

    We can only be truly happy when France is gone

  • @mrfrog0913
    @mrfrog0913 Рік тому

    You've got to go to Brazil

  • @eliotperl1438
    @eliotperl1438 Рік тому +1

    I think i'm the only french that watch his videos

  • @tommarch.4493
    @tommarch.4493 Рік тому

    One of my map is there

  • @RogerAckroid
    @RogerAckroid Рік тому

    You've never been to Paris (ile de France)?

  • @Michael_Brock
    @Michael_Brock Рік тому

    Thumbnail so marcron has used all his a-booms to suppress protests, unfortunately the whole of France is now beneath the waves! LOL

    • @candyneige6609
      @candyneige6609 Рік тому

      Plot twist : That was Germany all along, France is still above the waves, it simply gains a new coast in Alsace, because Germany is the one that is now beneath the waves.

  • @jerrodbroholm4338
    @jerrodbroholm4338 Рік тому

    Are we just avoiding the subject of the French phrase "Spanish Wanking"?

  • @enterfil
    @enterfil Рік тому

    An Irish goodbye… am I speaking Greek?

  • @georgerogers1166
    @georgerogers1166 Рік тому +1

    What if france was partisioned after the napolionic wars

    • @diabelgrogaty1963
      @diabelgrogaty1963 Рік тому

      Good for fictional altenative history but bad for realistic alternative history. France is just too populous and has too strong a national identity to be worth to eat for any potential occupier in the Europe. That's a big part of why often countries make puppet regimes in other countries rather than annex it directly and forcibly assimilate by oppresion such as a ban on using your language..sth like that would lead to decades of rebellions and terrorist attacks.

    • @candyneige6609
      @candyneige6609 Рік тому

      What if Germany was partitioned after WW2

  • @ChesnokOrNot
    @ChesnokOrNot Рік тому +3

    The thumbnail map used to be my school account pfp lmao

  • @bulletholeteddy9223
    @bulletholeteddy9223 11 місяців тому

    People in Brittany are technically from Cornwall so really the uk should own that and Normandy if france didn't exist

  • @chonpincher
    @chonpincher Рік тому

    You are blocking the bottom right-hand part of your maps.

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Рік тому

    Within 4 hours!

  • @anj000
    @anj000 Рік тому

    15:00 this is bad colored map.
    Difference between 1% and 10% is enormous, and this map is showing it as the same color. One outlier of 70% destroyed whole color pallet and made this map useless.

  • @panda_panda1149
    @panda_panda1149 Рік тому

    he visited twice as many countries as I did...

  • @martychisnall
    @martychisnall Рік тому +9

    We may all have different values and political views, but we can all agree the a world without the French is perfection.

    • @toureaoua620
      @toureaoua620 Рік тому +1

      A world without the american french chinese russian and british is perfection.

    • @diabelgrogaty1963
      @diabelgrogaty1963 Рік тому +1

      @@toureaoua620 A world without the humans is perfection

  • @rosemulet
    @rosemulet Рік тому

    East Asia is a MAJOR exception 5:36