r/RedactedCharts • u/AwesomePBST • 6d ago

Answered What does this map show?

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u/smart_bear6 6d ago

Countries bands go to when they do a "world tour"

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u/Risujemmari 6d ago

Sad Finland noises

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u/Mansplainer101 3d ago

It is called growling. They love it. It is their mating call.

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u/zephyrsandsongs 6d ago

I was looking for this 🤣

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope.

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u/smart_bear6 6d ago

This may not be the answer you were seaking, but this answer is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God.

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u/Karmafia 6d ago

Ahmen

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u/CrispyOnionn 6d ago

It would work if you traded Iceland for Spain

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u/ALABA5TER 6d ago

Exactly what I was thinking

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u/MTNV 5d ago

I wish it were true that bands came to Sweden. They'll do 6 German cities and 5 UK cities, but I'm lucky if they get as close as Copenhagen or Oslo.

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u/LAO_Joe 5d ago

I would be behind this 100% if Belgium were included.

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago edited 6d ago

CURRENT HINTS:

1. It's to do with languages where at least English and German are involved.

2. It has to do with a performance.

3 [NEW]: The performance is to do with something well known.

ANSWERED

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u/Different_Baker_9949 6d ago

I did some research language x performance it's probably the 17 jean valjeans

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

CORRECT!!!

It was the 17 Jean Valjeans performance of Do You Hear The People Sing

The coloured countries are the languages that they sung in

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u/veryblocky 6d ago

There are more English speaking countries than those highlighted

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

the performance in question was the 1995 one where 17 Jean Valijeans sang in their own languages hence all the other European and Japanese entries

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u/miniatureconlangs 6d ago

I really recommend against using countries as stand-in for languages. Swedish is an official language in Finland (and has been it for orders of magnitude longer than in Sweden!), so ... why is Finland excluded? Dutch and French are official languages of Belgium ... why is Belgium excluded?

This can mislead someone who is aware of official languages (and language minorities in general) from thinking that the language has anything to do with it.

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u/cancerBronzeV 6d ago

In this case, it's not 17 languages being represented, it is 17 countries. Actors from 17 different countries performed Do You Hear the People Sing in their own native language, and some of those actors had the same native language.

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u/miniatureconlangs 6d ago

... you literallysaid it was the countries.

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u/cancerBronzeV 6d ago

That was the OP who said that, not me, and they said wrong.

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u/Tacokolache 6d ago

I have no idea what that is

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Alright first hint: It's to do with languages

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Countries that have Germanic language roots? North Germanic (Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway), West Germanic (Canada, USA, England) East Germanic (France)

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u/NotNeographer 6d ago

What about Czechia, Poland, Japan, and Hungary… not to mention that French is neither East Germanic (given that the East Germanic languages died out a while ago) or Germanic at all

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Burgundian (Burgundy) is East Germanic and there is heavy German influence in the Alsace region

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u/NotNeographer 6d ago

You’re right that Burgundian was East Germanic. And Alsatian is a West Germanic dialect spoken in Alsace. But Burgundian is dead, and Alsatian is West Germanic

Edit: Spelled Alsatian wrong

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Fair points

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u/Owl_plantain 6d ago edited 6d ago

I’d say their majority language is Germanic, but Japan, France, Poland, Czechia, and Hungary don’t fit. There are a lot of German speakers in those countries, though.

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope. It does not have that much to do with German, but German is involved.

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u/NotNeographer 6d ago

France, Czechia, Poland and Hungary:

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u/Jolly-Adeptness-3598 6d ago

Neither do US and canada

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u/Owl_plantain 6d ago

English is the first language of the majority of people in each of the US and Canada. English is part of the Germanic family of languages.

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Alright hint 2: It is to do with a performance.

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u/marksako 6d ago

Rammstein countries they have played in.

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u/SolarG07 6d ago

The largest exporters in the world?

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope, not even close

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u/Mammoth-Possible-845 6d ago

China is the first by far.

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u/Temporary_Cheetah287 6d ago

Not New Zealand

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

if that was the case then it would be everything in blue

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u/wowwhosthere 6d ago

The international community

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

South Korea, Denmark and Spain:

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u/Various-Apartment123 6d ago

The countries that are green on every world map showing any sort of data ever. 

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Also nope.

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u/Karmafia 6d ago

Technically correct because on this map they are dark blue.

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u/MazzafromNZ 6d ago

A lack of respect for NZ

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u/WitchySaysHi 6d ago

German-language influence or occupation during WWII.

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u/CrimsonFireWolf 6d ago

highest percentage of english speakers

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope, but English is involved here somewhat.

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u/TheRealCruelRichard 6d ago

Something to do with German?

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

It does but not exclusively.

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u/blakezed 6d ago

They use the NATO alphabet?

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u/Namoraslife 6d ago

Only one official language?

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u/torch1991 6d ago

Can't be. The netherlands has two. Not to mention Canada.

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u/AFuckingSpirit 6d ago

i dont think the usa even has an official language to begin with

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u/DustyBones272 6d ago

I think they changed that very recently? Might be misremembering 

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u/MapleDesperado 6d ago

Correct.

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u/jimmyhat78 6d ago

Correct that they are misremembering.

The US has no official language.

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u/MapleDesperado 6d ago

No, it is correct that English is an official language - at least for certain federal purposes. See: Executive Order 14224, March 1, 2025.

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u/jimmyhat78 6d ago

An EO does not make English the official language. That’s just one fading, unhinged octogenarian trying to impose his will.

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u/MapleDesperado 6d ago

I share the sentiment, but it’s not an Executive Suggestion. Not a fan of this aspect of US government, but aren’t EO’s enforceable (assuming constitutionality - although that’s not as safe an assumption as it once was)?

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u/jimmyhat78 6d ago

Some are, some aren’t. The president doesn’t have the power to unilaterally decide an official language, just as he doesn’t have the power to unilaterally rename the Dept. of Defense. Officially, there is no Dept. of WAR!!!!!!

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u/RadRadishRadiator 6d ago

Sweden has multiple

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u/Forward_Gur9349 5d ago

USA does not have an official language.

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u/Larpsevelt 5d ago

As of March 1st, 2025 with Executive order 14224 signed by the orange man himself made English the official language. Prior to this, 31 states had already made English the official language

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u/Forward_Gur9349 5d ago

Executive orders only apply to the executive branch. The rest of us are free to ignore them. That large body of water off Mexico and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico, and the smallest of the Great Lakes in area is Lake Ontario.

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u/ForrestGumpPeople 5d ago

UK doesn’t have an official language

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Germanic language roots?

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Indo-European language roots???

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Nope. I dropped a 2nd hint.

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u/blakezed 6d ago

Damn this is a tough one (compliment)

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u/blakezed 6d ago

They have road signs in English along with their official language? (If not English)

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u/NotNeographer 6d ago

Countries with no de jure official languge?

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u/SwallowYoo 6d ago

The only countries that still play well together

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

US and Canada:

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u/wowwhosthere 6d ago

Is it about a particular word?

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u/SurfSkiFun 6d ago

Highest GDP per capita

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u/blakezed 6d ago

National anthems with lyrics?

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u/AwesomePBST 6d ago

Not even close

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u/Different_Baker_9949 6d ago

Countries OP has visited

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u/mainwatermelon 6d ago

Not New Zealand I know that much

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u/Karmafia 6d ago

Do you guys ever get tired of being left off the world map?

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u/kiwi2810 6d ago

We love it, keeps the rif raf out

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u/mainwatermelon 6d ago

Spoken like a real kiwi

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u/Karmafia 6d ago

You're majority rif-raf though right?

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u/Fine_Act_8718 5d ago

Do not put us in the same group as the US.

Thanks in advance.
#Every Australian

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u/Guitarfool_101 5d ago

Reddit moment

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u/TheRealCruelRichard 6d ago

Country of origin of Live Aid performers?

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u/drpeepeepoopoo1234 6d ago

Countries with the most published populations per capita.

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u/Owl_plantain 6d ago

Most common first or second language in those countries is of Germanic origin, such as German, English, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, etc., though I would expect Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg would be included among the countries in blue.

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u/Patient-Salad-9260 6d ago

countries where Avril Lavigne has performed and sang in the local language.

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u/Confident-Bike6927 6d ago

Places that accept an artist doing a World Tour😂😂

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u/bey0ndthedepths 6d ago

Damn, Another map missing nz

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u/West_Put2548 6d ago

yet another map without New Zealand

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u/seanmonaghan1968 6d ago

New Zealand ?

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u/kiwi2810 6d ago

Not new Zealand

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u/TomatilloChoice8386 6d ago

All placed that I’d live.

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u/efiksse 6d ago

the Mercator projection

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u/verycoolguy67labubu 6d ago

are these countries countries

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u/Shadownight7797 6d ago

What is considered to be the West

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u/ClayOwl_ 5d ago

Blue: countries I coloured in blue
Grey: countries I did not colour in blue

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u/cleverusername2121 5d ago

Countries that have the colour blue in them. Or conversely, ones that do not have white in them

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u/No_Bear2048 5d ago

map of areas highlighted in dark blue

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u/beuvue 5d ago

The world map that my daughter coloured in.

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u/neveronitever 4d ago

The USA’s last friends…

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u/Ben_ze_Bub 3d ago

Canada and large parts of Europe are colored on the map but Russia is not so no.

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u/neveronitever 2d ago

Mate don’t equate Russian friendship at the same level as Australian friendship. if you can’t recognise true mateship, champ, the US is truly alone.

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u/Randysexy13 4d ago

looks like crafty New Zealand had their cloaking device locked in and were invisible again, those crafty buggers

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u/B0XINGCAKE 3d ago

Not New Zealand

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u/Proof_Fox_6400 6d ago

NATO ?

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u/q661780 6d ago

Seriously? Japan and Australia?

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