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13 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
Georgia

Stuff Americans say

The skyline of Tbilisi, Georgia with its historic churches and modern architecture

iMessage/text conversation. Blue bubbles (right): "And where are you from?" / "The country or the American state?" / "So you're from the American state. And yes, there is a country called Georgia." / "Because all you said is that you're from Georgia. How do you expect me to know if you mean the state or the country? What if you were from the country?" Grey bubbles (left): "Georgia" / "Is there a country called georgia?" / "Ok but even if there is a county called georgia what made you assume I could be from there?" / "If I were from the country I wouldnt say im from Georgia. Id just say im a foreigner"

Social media comment thread. Search header: "Georgian alphabet pronunciation guide". First comment: "That's enchanting table language". Reply. View 39 more replies. Second comment (username redacted): "Doesn't Georgia speak English like the rest of the US?" Reply.

Aerial photograph of a protest. Large banner on the ground showing caricature of Putin as an octopus with text "STOP the killer" and "VETO". Tentacles reaching to Syria (with Syrian revolution flag), Ukraine (with map), "Syrian Revolution", and a globe. "feather of hope" text at bottom left. Protesters carrying flags surround the banner. AFP watermark bottom right.

Reddit post on mobile (23:05, VPN) from r/skiing. Photo of a mountainous ski resort above the clouds with chairlifts and skiers. Comments: FlittyO (24m): "Looks great. I still wouldn't get on that chairlift from a few years back." Money-Afternoon-3931 (6m): "Dreamy!" hendrik317 (28m, 0 downvoted): "There's no way these pictures were taken in GA, the mountains are far too high for that." rileyyesno (7m, upvoted): "it's Georgia the country."

Yahoo! Answers page. Category: Home > News & Events > Current Events > Open Question. Asked by Jessica B. Title: "I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie". Body: "i herd on the news that rusia has invaded but i dont see them no where wats going on" 20 hours ago, 3 days left to answer. 40 Interesting. Answers (1-30 of 168). Top answer by m1a1mike... (TOP CONTRIBUTOR, 20 hours ago, 20 thumbs up, 14 thumbs down): "You are in the state of Georgia. The nation of Georgia is on the other side of the world"

Twitter/X thread. BNO News (@BNONews, verified): "BREAKING: Georgia plans to submit an application to join the European Union on Thursday - TASS" 20:35, 02 Mar 22. Replies: RustyWagon (@iRustyWagoN, 2h): "USA losing a great state" with sad emoji. @justcurious23 @sumthinmagical (2h): laughing emoji. Walrus (@ThrowawayGaming, 2h): "Are states even allowed to do that? Wtf?"

Social media comment with Spanish/Portuguese-language interface ("Responder"). username redacted. Text: "The American Georgia was founded in 200 years before Georgia the country was founded lol" 4h

Facebook comment thread. First comment (username partially visible as "Aaro...", 1d): "They don't want to tell you who she is cause she is a hispanic woman who just just stabbed a blonde haired blue eyed child in the face. And they arent going to call it a racist attack." Reply (username partially visible as "...steele...", 1d): "You do realize this happened in the COUNTRY of Georgia, right?" Reply (username blurred, 23h): "Georgia isn't a country, it's a state. However, America is a country. In which the state of Georgia resides." Reply (username blurred, 23h): "oh brother". Show 10 more replies.

X/Twitter post. username blurred, Follow button. Text: "Fact check: Here in Georgia we have a governor not a president." Quote tweet of The Associated Press (@AP, verified, 2d): "BREAKING: Georgia's president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests apnews.com/article/georgi..." 18:05, 18 May 24.

YouTube Shorts on mobile. Video thumbnail showing young woman in Georgia (the country) with scenic mountain/river backdrop and text overlay "7 BEST things TO DO IN GEORGIA" with Georgian and other flags. Replies section: @lauritorni4879 (4mo ago): "Georgia is a US state". @lesiaVesaGo (4mo ago, highlighted): "And Georgia is a country". @lauritorni4879 (4mo ago, replying to @lesiaVesaGo, downvoted): "nuh uh" (with "Translate to English" option)

Reddit/forum comment thread. smltor (~points, 1 hour ago): "Flew in to Warsaw today. Flight behind me was from Georgia. Man there were a lot of Georgians coming to Poland, for easter I guess. Never seen that before and I fly in and out once a month or so. Going to have so much good bread now :)" NearABE (~points, 23 minutes ago): "Atlanta is a major air traffic hub. I get routed there if I go to see family. The passengers could be from any part of southeast USA."

Twitter/X thread. Globe Eye News (@GlobeEye..., 1d): "BREAKING: Georgia officially bans LGBT propaganda, same-sex marriage, and gender reassignment surgery." Image of Georgian flag with crossed-out rainbow/pride symbol. Rate proposed Community Notes. Replies (username redacted): First: "That's against the constitution". Second: "Ur dumb... AF... Georgia the country not state." with skull emojis. Third: "I know a lot of Georgians and 100% of them never heard of a country called Georgia".

Reddit comment thread. Psychological_Award5 (17h, -30 downvotes): "Georgia is a US state, there can only be one Georgia in this town." gagu93 (16h): "US Georgia is impostor". Psychological_Award5 (16h, -31 downvotes): "No, Georgia(country) is a baby country with baby history it's only 29 years old, While Georgia state is hundreds of years of old with rich culture and history and strong people. Georgia country is subservient to Georgia state". Spartan6174 (16h): "I think you have it backwards"

Twitter/X thread with Swedish-language interface ("Oversatt tweeten"). Top tweet (username blacked out): "Share of women who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Sweden: 95% Denmark: 92% Finland: 86% France: 83% UK: 81% Germany: 76% Spain: 72% Ireland: 67% Italy: 65% US: 60% Poland: 40% Russia: 38% Ukraine: 36% Georgia: 12% (Pew Research)". Reply (username blacked out, "Svar till", 17:02, 2020-01-09): "Why specify Georgia as 12% when US is already there at 60%??? Bruh"

Twitter/X thread with Polish-language interface ("Obserwuj", "21 godz."). Pe @Mrpelecomedy (21 godz.): "BREAKING: Georgia officially bans LGBT propaganda, same-sex marriage, and gender reassignment surgery." Image of Georgian flag next to crossed-out rainbow/pride flag. Reply: Madison Tramblee (@madisontramblee): "I'm confused. I thought same sex marriage was legal federally. Since 2015, no?"

Twitter/X thread. BNO News (@BNONews, 5m): "BREAKING: Georgia plans to submit an application to join the European Union on Thursday - TASS". Reply (username scribbled out, 17:36, 02 Mar 22): "Are states even allowed to do that? Wtf?" Second reply (username scribbled out, 3m): "I hope you are aware, that this tweet is about the country 'georgia', not the US-State 'georgia'"

YouTube video about 1.8 million-year-old teeth from Georgia (the country) with scientific skull/teeth images. Creator in webcam overlay. Replies: @hippo4262 (2 wk ago): "The country of Georgia? Lmao do you really expect us to take our information from someone who doesn't know the difference between a state and a country?" @satellitebreakfast (4 days ago): "The Country of Georgia - a country in EUROPE - existed before the American State of Georgia. Look it up." @hippo4262 (4 days ago): "@ even if there is a country called Georgia I doubt it's older than the us."

Twitter/X thread. Four comments with username redacted. First (grey, 4h): "I guess this in America". Second (blue, 1h): "The post and video literally says it's in Georgia..." Third (red, 2h): "Let me guess, you're American." Fourth (blue, 1h): "Yes, that's how I know Georgia is part of the US..."

Twitter/X thread. Top tweet (username redacted): "They found a humanoid tooth in Georgia (country not the state) that's 1.8 million years old." 19:32, 13/09/2022. Reply (username redacted, 14h): "Georgia is a state not a country (United States is a country)"

TikTok screenshot composite with French-language interface ("Repondre", "Voir la traduction", "commentaires"). Left: TikTok video of young man playing categories game for letter "G" with categories (Country, City, Animal, etc). He answered "Georgia" for Country. Username: Sicitalian Categories, 3 j (3 days). Right: (username redacted colours): "is georgia a country now?", "country of georgia everbody!", "Google is ur friend", "Isn't Georgia a state?", "Did you really say Georgia for country", "Since when is Georgia a country" with laughing emoji

Shrek meme (imgflip.com). Top: "CAN WE GO WITHOUT AMERICANS CONFUSING GEORGIA AND GEORGIA" with Shrek peeking over wall. Middle: screenshot of tweet from Shalva Papuashvili (@shpapu..., Mar 2) with Georgian/EU flags: "Georgia officially applies for EU membership." Reply from Sam (@J2403Sam): "Georgia is nowhere near Europe!" with map showing distance between America and Europe. Bottom: Shrek with laser eyes, text: "FOR FIVE MINUTES?"

YouTube comment thread. First comment (username redacted): "Georgians call the mother 'deda' and the father 'mama' lol". Reply (username redacted): "no we don't it's mom or dad". Reply (username redacted): "He's talking about the fucking country"

Reddit post from r/polls by dababy4realbro123 (14 hr. ago). Title: "Is Georgia part of europe?" Tagged "Travel and Geography". Poll: Open, 570 total votes. 336 Yes (checked), 234 Not. Share. Single comment thread. iluvstephenhawking (10h ago, -13 downvotes): "No. It's in the southern United States." Prestigious-Ad-9931 (1m ago): "to r/USdefaultism you go!"

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