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The EIU's 2023/24 democracy index (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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https://www.eiu.com/n/democracy-index-conflict-and-polarisation-drive-a-new-low-for-global-democracy/

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Every state Phish has played in since 2009 (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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A map of Aravalli, one of the oldest mountain chains in the world (1.8 billion years) - Perrin Remonte (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@lemmy.cafe to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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https://www.perrinremonte.com/fraccueil-1

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The Teutonic Order from 1260 to 1410 (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Taken from Wikimedia

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Europe divided into regions of 1 million people (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 week ago by tissek@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/24398649

Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1gefa5y/europe_divided_into_regions_of_1_million_people_oc/

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Texas vs Africa (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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World population (i.ibb.co)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1g821oa/worldpopulation_oc/

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Word for Thursday in European Languages (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by infeeeee@lemm.ee to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Word_for_Thursday_in_European_Languages.svg

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Driving/Driver('s) Licence/License (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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In English, the name of document that entitles someone to drive a vehicle differs, with around generally 6 permutations. Driving/Driver/Driver’s and licence/license.

As a noun, “licence” is generally how you would spell the verb using British English, whereas in American English the noun is spelled the same as the verb; “license”.

Driving vs. “Driver’s” is more subjective in my opinion. It is an authorisation for the act of driving, so it being a “Driving” licence/license is logical. As the same time, the document is in the possession of the driver, so “Driver’s” is also equally as valid. A handful of countries use “Drivers”, which is just sloppy, as it doesn’t make any grammatical sense.

I tried my best to compile data on all countries which mention the document in English. In Australia, Canada and the US, licences are issued by state/territory, so I’ve included their differences.

I only included countries for which an English version of the name is on the actual licence. On many EU licences, the English is written very faintly on backgrounds. For many smaller countries I couldn’t find examples of the document. In South America, ‘Licencia de conducir” was most common, but a few permutations in Spanish. On the African continent, the French “Permis de conduire” was also fairly common. Multi-language licences with English, French and other languages was also common. I only picked out the English translation for this map.

In my subjective opinion, "Driving licence" feels most right; but as this map illustrates, it’s a diverse interpretation. For licence/license, the difference between C/S is almost indistinguishable in a small font and in spoken word. Some evident US/UK influence on the map.

https://old.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1fvftxw/drivingdrivers_licencelicense_oc/