London doesn't equal England!

It's just that I don't think I am the only person who really hates being corrected, and whenever someone does it to me, I make a mental note to, if possible, repeat the thing that they corrected me over, whenever I see them again in future. When I do this, it's really funny to watch their face. I find it very amusing.

Well that's fine Tremula, that's your opinion. I just don't like it when the people in my life ask me about living/moving to a place I'm not moving to. Especially when I tell them where I'm moving to and they later ask me about the place that I'm not moving to. I highly doubt they're doing it to get a rise out of me, I believe it's more or less they weren't listening the first 5 times or they're truly geographically challenged! HAHA

I believe it's more or less they weren't listening the first 5 times or they're truly geographically challenged! HAHA

I think a lot of people really are geographically challenged.  If they've never been out of the US it all sort of blends together for them.  A friend of mine kept wishing me a good trip to every place within the British Isles and Republic of Ireland except for the actual place I was going to (which I told her repeatedly).  I thought it was a bit funny.  "Have a great trip to Wales!"  "Have a great trip to Ireland!"  "Have a great trip to Scotland!"  (It was Cornwall I was going to.)

I sometimes get - "What part of England is Scotland in?"  

Oh and then you try and explain Northern Ireland and faces glaze over in complete confusion!

This is always a good video to have people watch:

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained

Their eyes might still glaze, but there's a chance that they will walk away enlightened.  Of course, those with no sense of how completely muddled some aspects of America are will complain about why you'd want to live somewhere so complicated.

I tend to be good about remembering the minutia of people's lives.  Not everyone is.

I really don't think that just because someone doesn't remember where I am going on holiday or where I currently live means that they don't listen to me.  People have their own stuff to worry about. 

For instance my friend lives in Seattle, but I really thought it was Portland for about two years  Meh, they are both NW hippy cities. 

Also, I currently can't remember my friend's fifth child's name and all my endless hinting does not seem to be producing the desired effect.  But that doesn't mean I don't care about said baby, who I can at least remember is a boy.

I have this pet peeve myself.

I've gotten this a lot when I've told people I'm going to visit England again. Or, "Where is your boyfriend from? London right?" UGH, no! I also got the reverse kind of ignorance as well when I was there. I'm from New York. Not NYC. Upstate New York. I'm closer to Canada then the freaking city. Basically everyone I told where I was from "Oh my god, it's gotta be well nice in New York City!"

Um, I'm not from NYC.. been there once when I was 16 and that's it, there is a state as well you know not just a city. (Which some of them did not know )

Just minor annoyances I have when people assume. XD

I have this pet peeve myself.

I've gotten this a lot when I've told people I'm going to visit England again. Or, "Where is your boyfriend from? London right?" UGH, no! I also got the reverse kind of ignorance as well when I was there. I'm from New York. Not NYC. Upstate New York. I'm closer to Canada then the freaking city. Basically everyone I told where I was from "Oh my god, it's gotta be well nice in New York City!"

Um, I'm not from NYC.. been there once when I was 16 and that's it, there is a state as well you know not just a city. (Which some of them did not know )

Just minor annoyances I have when people assume. XD

I get that. Im from LI, not NYC.
I tell people where Im from and comparing it to NYC is like saying someone from Essex is from London. Shuts most people up right away

Agreed. I'll have to remember that one next time someone says how lush being from New York City must be. It'd be nice if people just asked instead of assuming I'm from NYC. Or that the bf is from London.  Would save people a bit of aggravation and annoyance.

I LOVE what Sheriam wrote/does--what a brilliant yet simple and comical way to counteract the confusion! 
The town I reside in is the opposite to London yet being 3 hours away, I get the same thing as everyone else who has posted here.  To make it worse, whenever my American friends come to visit, they only come to London and always make me meet up with them there.  They don't seem to want to experience the quaint historical villages and towns outside of Londonf and therefore still believe that London equals England.  If they stayed with me, they could have an entirely different experience or a combination of both (after all, London is a terrific place to visit). 
On the same hand, my British colleagues always ask me if I'll be visiting particular family members while in the US (i.e. "will you be visiting your sister in DC while you're visiting your friends in TX?").  They also ask if I know their friend in a particular state after asking where I am from (i.e. "I'm from TX"  "Oh, do you know my friend X?  He lives in CA.).  Of course, this is actually possible as I recently discovered when I went to Sydney, Australia, for a week and visited a friend who ended up knowing a couple of my work colleagues in England! 

Or because we fly out from Manchester, DW's dad is always asking me about Manchester United as though I most support them then.

God, since I live in Manchester I always get that. Man U is the only Premier League team most Americans have ever heard of. I tell them that I am a Manchester City fan (Premier League champs 2012!) and they give me an awkward silence...

God, since I live in Manchester I always get that. Man U is the only Premier League team most Americans have ever heard of. I tell them that I am a Manchester City fan (Premier League champs 2012!) and they give me an awkward silence...

I like Man Utd, prob my fave Premier League team, but I support and have season tickets for Barnsley.
DW was asked at work once who I supported and she told them Man Utd, when she said this I went mad and said "why did you say that?" and she said, "well, they are the team you like in the Premier League, Barnsley are Championship so he might not know them", I explained that he would and he would find it perfectly reasonable! What made it worse was this guy was a Leeds fan!
She is finally grasping that Barnsley aren't just some convenient, second choice because I live there so it's just easier to get to games! I'm the first to admit that had I been brought up elsewhere I'd have supported someone else.

I like Man Utd, prob my fave Premier League team, but I support and have season tickets for Barnsley.
DW was asked at work once who I supported and she told them Man Utd, when she said this I went mad and said "why did you say that?" and she said, "well, they are the team you like in the Premier League, Barnsley are Championship so he might not know them", I explained that he would and he would find it perfectly reasonable! What made it worse was this guy was a Leeds fan!
She is finally grasping that Barnsley aren't just some convenient, second choice because I live there so it's just easier to get to games! I'm the first to admit that had I been brought up elsewhere I'd have supported someone else.

For some reason, this made me  for Yorkshire. Thank you! 

Lol, yep!  Moving to Newcastle.  People dont know anything about it but "is that beer from there"?   

I grew up in Glasgow...being in America for a short time I gave up saying I was from Scotland and getting the "where's that?" response (as well as the do they really speak english there questions), so I started saying I was from England. Getting back to the UK I found myself still giving this answer which got some very funny looks from people who were from Scotland themselves!

Lol mumof4!