Another smart take! 'Geography expert Matt Yglesias strikes again' [photo]

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/493840472087871489

Over the weekend, Vox’s Matt Yglesias learned some interesting things about surnames in Great Britain. He decided to share his findings with readers:

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/493839197359202304

Stellar work as usual, Matty-cakes!

England doesn’t have provinces. http://t.co/4t4SP21qOa

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 28, 2014

Whoops.

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/493840763483353088

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/493843030734934016

https://twitter.com/jjshaka/status/493843012271616000

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/493844335553564672

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/493839482920374272

Hey, yeah. What gives?

https://twitter.com/BenK84/status/493844351270027264

That’s true. But still:

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/493842329460281344

Sounds about right.

Parting food for thought:

To be fair, it's an honest mistake. But @MattYglesias insists he's smarter than you.

— RBe (@RBPundit) July 28, 2014

His stupid geography mistake wouldn't be a big deal if his site didn't self-righteously bill itself as a superior bastion of empiricism.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 28, 2014