the "new" 7 wonders of the world
 

there is a short list from which "experts" are asked to chose the new 7 wonders of the world. from a list of 200 they have narrowed it down to 21....as follows:-

The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, alphabetically:

1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece

2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain

3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia

4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico

5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6 Colosseum, Rome

7 Easter Island Statues, Chile

8 Eiffel Tower, Paris

9 Great Wall, China

10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey

11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan

12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow

13 Machu Picchu, Peru

14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany

15 Petra ancient city, Jordan

16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

17 Statue of Liberty, New York

18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom

19 Sydney Opera House, Australia

20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India

21 Timbuktu city, Mali


so, there you have it boys and girls. over to you. what would be your final 7 either from that list or any you want to see included. spearmint rhino's WILL be accepted.

My god! I don't see the spinnaker tower in that list

Alright Keith mate.

Just while we are on the topic of modern wonders and things, I was reminded of this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

Its ehh, well its interesting at least.

Machu Picchu would take my vote. Car size boulders, jointed perfectly, dry, and you cant fit a sheet of paper between most of them. Nice bit of engineering there.

Load of rubbish, Hoover Dam has a way bigger impact midgame. Free power station for every city on the continent? Gift...

Whadya mean "gift"?
Where do you think you are? Dublin?
Gift, Rapid, and Deadly are Dublin words, and non Dubs are not permitted to use them in this context.


And "midgame"? Whats all that about?

You're having a laugh... My dad's used all three that way for most of his life and he's never been to Ireland :)

All I can say is your old man clearly must wish he was from Dublin.

Seriously though? Scottish people say this too? I never knew that. I suppose I havnt spent that long in Scotland.

How about "gammy", as in I have a "gammy leg".

I have only really heard that one in Dublin. There is a norwegian word, "gamye" or something which means broken. I would guess they have the same origin.

Christ the redeemer shouldn't be on that list - it's rubbish.

Macchu Pichu was awesome, but Angkor Wat was even better.

Aye... They use gammy in England as well though ;) Though it's a bit old fashioned now I think. Deadly and rapid as well, for that matter!

That is truly impressive!