Names of cities/towns

[Henry Minute]

ChrisElston wrote:

I can't imagine they have turned many people down.

In my experience, that is not so. They certainly get plenty of applicants both at store and support levels, which means that a large percentage are turned down.

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[Dalek Dave]

Like Dublin, Dubh Linn is Oirish for Blackpool.

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[Dalek Dave]

How about this?[^]

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[V 0]

Wijsneus :-)

V.

[Henry Minute]

To be sure, to be sure.

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[Dalek Dave]

Chow Fan?

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[Henry Minute]

Close! I thought wijsgeer more appropriate.

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[Henry Minute]

Love it!

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[Ger Hayden]

... not fogetting the sychophantic obsession with demonstrating loyalty to the Brittish crown e.g. Londonderry.

Ger

[fjdiewornncalwe]

Perhaps it is the fragile ego that causes Texans to carry such big guns around. John, would you know anything about this?

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[fjdiewornncalwe]

Right next to Dullingham, I see. There must be great nightlife there.

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[fjdiewornncalwe]

I preferred Frankenberry as a child. (Higher sugar content.)

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[fjdiewornncalwe]

Yup... Had to check... It's called the "looney" here...

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[Lost User]

I started, for the lack of anything better to do, typing words into Google Maps and seeing if I got any hits. When I tried 'stink' it took my to Cambridge and presented a list of 7 hotels with stink in the review.

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[Pete OHanlon]

Surely Jorvik.

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[Vikram A Punathambekar]

d@nish wrote:

I don't know if any of the Indian city shares name with any other one outside Indian sub-continent.

Oregon and Tamil Nadu both have a Madras and a Salem.

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[Graham Shanks]

Dalek Dave wrote:

Georgia after King George, Virginia after Elizabeth the First, the Carolinas after King Charles etc.

Texas after the band[^]

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[Lost User]

Here in Illinois (USA) we have a Paris, a Frankfort and a Cairo. :)

[Jalapeno Bob]

You forgot Salem, Massachusetts, home of the Salem Witch Trials....