r/TikTokCringe 21h ago

Cool New world map

@modernday_eratosthenes

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u/I_Dnt_Believe_You 21h ago

It's Mercator which is pronounced mərˈkeɪtər, the emphasis is on the A, not the TOR.

I agree that it's a bad map projection.

u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 20h ago

bruh no one knows how to read IPA.

Anyway it's Murr-KAY-der, not MER-kuh-TOR

but at this point I assume she's doing that for engagement; no way someone of her age never heard that word.