Names of cities/towns
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Yes I thought of the same. Many places were renamed during British rule in India as well which I think has something to with difficult pronunciation for people in West. Was there British empire in Canada as well? And what is so special about Halifax that there are three of them at least on the planet?
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d@nish wrote:
Was there British empire in Canada as well?
Er...Yes. The Queen is also Queen of Canada, she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar. The French had it for a while, then General Wolfe[^] took it for the British.
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d@nish wrote:
Was there British empire in Canada as well?
Er...Yes. The Queen is also Queen of Canada, she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar. The French had it for a while, then General Wolfe[^] took it for the British.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar.
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One you forgot York - UK, New York - USA. As is the case with many of these, not restricted to UK placenames, people emigrating from Europe founded new towns and villages and named them after the place they originated from.
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Interesting point to made here. Originally New York was a Dutch Colony called New Amsterdam, with part of the city called Harlem, after Haarlem in The Netherlands. The Dutch called the English Colonists 'John Cheeses', which in Dutch is Jan Kees. So the term Yankees actually means "The British", odd innit?
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East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.
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d@nish wrote:
East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.
You are quite right, and I should know. I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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One you forgot York - UK, New York - USA. As is the case with many of these, not restricted to UK placenames, people emigrating from Europe founded new towns and villages and named them after the place they originated from.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Is it just a coincidence or is there any reason behind USA and UK having places with same names? For instance: Halifax - UK, USA, Canada Newark - USA, UK There may be more that I am unaware of.
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Considering many of the initial settlers on this continent were from Europe, no, it's not coincidental at all.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar.
"Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]
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One you forgot York - UK, New York - USA. As is the case with many of these, not restricted to UK placenames, people emigrating from Europe founded new towns and villages and named them after the place they originated from.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Interesting point to made here. Originally New York was a Dutch Colony called New Amsterdam, with part of the city called Harlem, after Haarlem in The Netherlands. The Dutch called the English Colonists 'John Cheeses', which in Dutch is Jan Kees. So the term Yankees actually means "The British", odd innit?
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Yep, quite fascinating. Also the connection to the famous cigarette brand.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Is it just a coincidence or is there any reason behind USA and UK having places with same names? For instance: Halifax - UK, USA, Canada Newark - USA, UK There may be more that I am unaware of.
"Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]
Calgary in Canada is named after a tiny settlement on the Isle of Mull which is off the west coast of Scotland
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Yep, quite fascinating. Also the connection to the famous cigarette brand.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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d@nish wrote:
East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.
You are quite right, and I should know. I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Isn't that Egg-Fried Rice?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Is it just a coincidence or is there any reason behind USA and UK having places with same names? For instance: Halifax - UK, USA, Canada Newark - USA, UK There may be more that I am unaware of.
"Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]
There is a city named Lebanon here in the U.S. as well among other names shared with other countries.
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Yes, but isn't it surprising that places miles apart have same names. I don't know if any of the Indian city shares name with any other one outside Indian sub-continent.
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British settlers recycled city names they were familiar with.
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Is it just a coincidence or is there any reason behind USA and UK having places with same names? For instance: Halifax - UK, USA, Canada Newark - USA, UK There may be more that I am unaware of.
"Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]
You can find European city and town names in all the places that Europeans colonized but mostly new world (lands found through exploration) stuck to the names. But some like New Zealand makes it a point to be known by its indigenous name as well.
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Is it just a coincidence or is there any reason behind USA and UK having places with same names? For instance: Halifax - UK, USA, Canada Newark - USA, UK There may be more that I am unaware of.
"Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]
You should try living in New England like I do and have your English friend come over for a holiday. "Chelmsford is no where near Andover! Why would they do that?" And he kept calling Chelmsford Chelmsdorf!! Funny people the English! :-D My guess is that when you emigrate to a new country you want to bring a bit of the homeland with you. And if they let you name the bloody place you move too then I guess you name it after where you came from!!
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I understand Manhattan was originally colonised by the Dutch, and so it was called New Amsterdam. The capital of New Netherlands. Later it was taken over by the Brits in 1674 and changed its name to New York.
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Who are they? Some kind of club? ... Oh! You mean Brit_ons!_ Funny how dropping a syllable from words appears to be acceptable, in some circles -- or should I say: Fun dropp syllab app accepta, circ?
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d@nish wrote:
East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.
You are quite right, and I should know. I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham.
What, and then you hit 20, and were fired because you were too old?
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Henry Minute wrote:
I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham.
What, and then you hit 20, and were fired because you were too old?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I didn't start my illustrious career with McD's til looooong past my 30s.
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