Names of cities/towns
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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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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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Because the British went out and conquered the world, and to celebrate they gave the new towns in foreign parts the same name as their home town in Britain. I still don't understand why there is no Glasgow in India though. ;)
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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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Milano - Texas[^], Italy[^] :D
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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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But only in Canada can you have two teams in the same ***cough*** professional ***cough*** league have the same nickname. We used to have (American)football teams in Saskatechewan and Ottawa both named the Roughriders. The kicker is that the league only had 9 teams at the time.
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Funny city names around the world[^] I'm glad I don't live in glasscock, tx :wtf:
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Funny city names around the world[^] I'm glad I don't live in glasscock, tx :wtf:
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I didn't start my illustrious career with McD's til looooong past my 30s.
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I failed in a job application for McDonalds after I was invited not to go back after my first year at uni. I wasn't very upset by that, but I can't imagine they have turned many people down.
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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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USA just recycles names, there are also Rome, Venice, Syracuse there. :)
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V. wrote:
New York was first previously called New Amsterdam.
FTFY. I doubt anyone actually knows what it was first called, but it was called something that translates to Black Pool long before it was New Amsterdam.
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Never been to east ham (now on visit-list), but yes southall is good. Even wembley central to alperton is good.
Alperton? Centre of the bleeding universe? Back when I lived Sarf of the River (Woolwich) I used to eat in the McDonald's there. I didn't know at the time that it was the very first McD's in Britain!
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I failed in a job application for McDonalds after I was invited not to go back after my first year at uni. I wasn't very upset by that, but I can't imagine they have turned many people down.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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.
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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V. wrote:
New York was first previously called New Amsterdam.
FTFY. I doubt anyone actually knows what it was first called, but it was called something that translates to Black Pool long before it was New Amsterdam.
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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A lot of them are there. York, UK York, USA(not New york). Lancaster UK, Lancaster USA. but "Intercourse" is the amish village name near lancaster. :) Is there any other town/village named like this?
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V. wrote:
New York was first previously called New Amsterdam.
FTFY. I doubt anyone actually knows what it was first called, but it was called something that translates to Black Pool long before it was New Amsterdam.
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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To be sure, to be sure.
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Isn't that Egg-Fried Rice?
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Close! I thought wijsgeer more appropriate.
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Love it!
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British settlers recycled city names they were familiar with.
... not fogetting the sychophantic obsession with demonstrating loyalty to the Brittish crown e.g. Londonderry.
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Funny city names around the world[^] I'm glad I don't live in glasscock, tx :wtf:
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