En Garde!

[KrazyHorse]

natural selection

[Krill]

I am better than you, thanks for acknoledging it Kitty

[MOBIUS]

Apparently the Welsh have high regard for the intellect of a 2 year old. Why am I not surprised?

Not really, merely stating that a 2 year old is cleverer than you.

[Theben]

Wow dat were so clevar u must b da smartingest whaleshmen evere i kin tele

[MOBIUS]

No, just that the thickest Welsh person is smarter than you.

[Drake Tungsten]

America is: named after a Welshman

Amerigo Vespucci was Welsh?

[MOBIUS]

Which bit of 'Nobody ever names anything after the christian name of a person' did you fail to comprehend...?

THAT is why I pour scorn on the theory that America was named after Amerigo Vespucci...

[Zkribbler]

... 'Nobody ever names anything after the christian name of a person'...

Jamestown, Louisiana, St. Louis, Mauritius, Philippines, Prince Edward Island, Victoria, Georgia, Maryland, St. Martin, St. Paul Minnesota, Santa Ana, Anaheim [okay, it's named after Anna's house], San Diego, San Juan, Ilse de San Michel...

[MOBIUS]

Oh, I forgot to mention the obvious caveat - not including places named after kings or queens, royalty in general, or saints...

That caveat is in my original thread, so it's not like I've just thought it up because of your post...

[Zkribbler]

..or mapmakers, like Amerigo Vespucci. You forgot to include mapmakers.

[MOBIUS]

No, he is just known as Vespucci as far as I can tell. Just like Waldseemüller is known as Waldseemüller, Mercator as Mercator, and so on...

Next!

[Theben]

No, just that the thickest Welsh person is smarter than you.

My IQ is well above 100, thank you. Welsh people are lucky if they don't put both feet in the same pants leg in the morning.

Plus I'm literate.

[MOBIUS]

Hit a nerve have we, getting you to mention how big your IQ is...?

Newsflash: Those stupid internet IQ sites don't count, especially if you keep doing them till you get above 100...

I will admit a large number of my compatriots are as thick as two short planks, but they're still light years ahead of the average American...

[Imran Siddiqui]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmographiae_Introductio

Cosmographiae Introductio (Saint-Dié, 1507) was a book published in 1507 to accompany Martin Waldseemüller's map of the world and wall-map (Universalis Cosmographia), which was the first appearance of the name 'America'.

The full title of the book is: "Cosmographiae introductio *** quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii navigationes. Universalis Cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis, quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt."

[Theben]

Hit a nerve have we, getting you to mention how big your IQ is...?

I'm not the dullard who keeps trying to prop up his 'nations' street cred with false history...