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Saint posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:
Saint posted:

I can see the problem Engenie

 

AI

There are at least two major problems, Saint... 

Yes I know

A - Anglesey

I - Isle of Man ... hope it's ok to say them now

Ah, right.  You were a little too cryptic for me there, Saint: I thought "AI" meant "Anglesey Island". I had picked the map to show Anglesey missing (which has become a common, local, version of the "New Zealand effect"), but then noticed just before posting that the IoM was missing too.

 

I can sort-of understand why the Isle of Man sometimes gets left off maps, but the way in which Anglesey is often left off just seems plain weird to me. When I was young, I thought it was just part of the mainland (in the same way that a lot of people don't realise that Portsmouth - or more, accurately, Portsea - is an island), so it seemed doubly strange for it to vanish from maps.

 

This example - from the Royal Horticultural Society - has got to be the weirdest. Virtually all of Anglesey has disappeared, but they've left Holyhead on! 

Eugene's Lair
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