Top 10 Things with the Most Misleading Names
There are several lists about different kinds of things that have misleading names animals, music artists movies etc. However I realized that there was no list of things in general that had misleading names. So yes anything goes here animals, places music as long as you can explain why the name is misleading it can go on here.
French fries are served hot, either soft or crispy, and are generally eaten as part of lunch or dinner or by themselves as a snack, and they commonly appear on the menus of fast food restaurants. Fries in America are generally salted and are often served with ketchup; in many countries they are topped... read more They should call them Belgian Fries since they came from Belgium and not France.
They're from Belgium, not France.
This is the most misleading country ever. How is America united when they don't unite with other countries in both North America and South America? So, the real united states is the whole continent of the Americas.
I find it funny because people from the US refer to themselves as "Americans" when the USA is the United States in North America (or just the Americas).
"The Divided States of America" is more like it.
Almost the entire game is spent with the ball in their hands.
Honorable mentions on this list go to Rugby Football and Australian Rules Football. However, I chose American Football because these other sports do involve the feet a bit more. Additionally, the term football is becoming less used in these sports, as they are usually just called Rugby or Aussie Rules.
Many of the countries that are considered Western countries are not geographically in the Western part of the world. My country is about as far East as you can get but is still called a Western country.
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. To be honest, I was kind of running out of ideas here but did not want to steal from another list. Admittedly, this is not always what they are called, but still, I have heard some children think they are bears when, in fact, even we are more closely related to bears than they are.
Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Grammy... read more In case anyone doesn't get what Powell means, "grande" is Spanish for big, which is ironic in this case.
I kind of put her on as a joke, but "Grande" is an ironic name for someone so short.
Grande means big in Spanish, which is ironic because she is very small.
Greenland is an island country part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is the world's largest island, it is one of the three constituent countries that form the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark and... read more I have heard it was actually misleading on purpose because they wanted people to go there.
This is so ironic. Greenland is icy, while Iceland is not. This is so funny.
You could say the grass is not green over there.
These are actually schools that you have to pay to attend, or what the rest of the world would call private schools.
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the only part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that... read more Same with Greenland. Iceland is not icy, while Greenland is icy. Funniest names ever. They need to swap their names.
This would seem to imply the middle of the Western United States, but this region is actually midway between East and West and primarily in the more northern part of the country.
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This party has more support from atheists than from Christians. In fact, the most Christian state of Germany, Saarland, is the state where the CDU is relatively weak.
Most of it is in Missouri, not Kansas.
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.
The brand and associated show are extremely well known.
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White chocolate, believe it or not, isn't chocolate at all. It's just cocoa butter mixed with sugar with a bit of vanilla added.
I can't believe I forgot it. This beach is only 55 miles long.
The 1975 are an English pop-rock band originating from Manchester. The group consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel.
So many of the artists included are not rock and roll, be it soul, hip hop, pop, or anything else. It would make more sense if it was called the Music Hall of Fame or maybe the Modern (as opposed to Classical) Music Hall of Fame.
It should be the Music Hall of Fame since pop singers, rappers, and R&B singers are inducted. Maybe in the future, Justin Bieber will be inducted into the RRHF.
Most music artists in there have nothing to do with Rock and Roll music.
Maroon 5 is an American pop/pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California. Before the current group was established, the original four members, Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, formed a band known as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school. Ironically, despite that picture, they have seven members. In fact, many say they only have one.
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Cuban is also the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and was one of the main "sharks" on... read more
An American is someone who lives specifically in the USA, but America ranges from Canada to the bottom of Argentina.
Maybe Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Latin Americans, and Jamaicans will be called Americans too. It is misleading.
This may not make sense at first. Here is why it is misleading: it implies that fish are an actual defined category. In reality, fish are several groups of animals, and some of these are actually more closely related to land-dwelling vertebrates than they are to other fish.
Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Formed in 2003, the band's debut album Genesis was released in 2007, peaking at No. You'd think that they are a country band when you first hear the name, but they are actually death metal.
This is somewhat subjective, but it would seem to imply that vocals are the only factor considered. In reality, the winners make much more sense if it is considered to be the best song or album in general. Of course, that still does not mean that they always get it right.
It actually lasted 116 years. Similarly, the so-called 100-member gypsy orchestra in my country has about 150 members.