It happens all the time, apparently.
According to WalMart: “On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly…”
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bertuca, David
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:08 PM
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Though I bet that the shirt was designed in America…
I downloaded a copy of the image to use for future geography classes. And yes, he will lose his shirt unless someone thinks it is a great collectable idea.
David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian
Science and Engineering Information Center
116 Lockwood Memorial Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-2200
716-645-1332 / 716-645-3859 (fax)
Liaison to the Geography Department for GIS and Physical Geography
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wagner, Leslie A
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:32 PM
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The info on the item states that the T-shirt is IMPORTED – manufactured outside of the US – where one might anticipate some ignorance of U.S. geography – and no one has told the investor that he’s about to lose his shirt…
I just wonder how many they have actually sold of this particular image.
Leslie Wagner
Metadata Archivist
Access & Discovery
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
817-272-6209
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paige G. Andrew
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 9:22 AM
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omg! At first one chuckles, and then as Howard notes, what a damned shame! The t-shirt company should be shut down over such stupidity...
Paige
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By accident, I came across this Indiana T-shirt for children showing the name with the wrong state outlined in the background. And we wonder why so many American kids are geographically illiterate!
http://www.cafepress.com/mf/66379000/indiana_tshirt?productId=631335804On a related note, my cousin, a recent M.B.A. from Wharton, had a job interview at Warren Buffett's headquarters in Omaha. He tried to butter up the interviewer by stating how thrilled he was to be in Oklahoma, and hasn't heard back.
Howard StoneMap Cataloger, Brown University