I actually wrote the company. They said they had no control of the images that appear on the T-shirts.


Lucinda M. Hall
Evans Map Room
2nd Level, 6025 Baker/Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-2579
(603) 646-3628 (fax)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/maproom/

From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Grabach
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 9:11 AM
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Subject: Re: Geographically incorrect

Has nobody in Indiana complained about this? Is what I want to know.

Ken Grabach
Maps Librarian
BEST Library, 219D
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, OH  45056  USA

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513-529-1726

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
This reminds me of one of the few jokes I remember from Laugh-In.

Party-goer: I’m from Iowa.
Englishman: Isn’t that funny.  In Britain we pronounce it “Ohio.”


Rob Lopresti
Western Washington University
Librarian for Maps, Government Information, Huxley College of the Environment, and Canadian-American Studies.                                                           360-650-3342<tel:360-650-3342>                 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
"Hard would it be for one mortal to tell all the names of these [rivers], but everyone knows the river he happens to live by." - Hesiod, ca. 700 B.C.


From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Kathy Stroud
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:18 PM
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Subject: Re: Geographically incorrect

It happens all the time, apparently.

According to WalMart:  “On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly…”

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-terps-t-shirt-massachusetts-outline-confuses-public-but-not-walmart-story.html