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  • R Ravi Sant

    Never been to east ham (now on visit-list), but yes southall is good. Even wembley central to alperton is good.

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    Dalek Dave
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    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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    • L Lost User

      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.

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      Henry Minute
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      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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      • H Henry Minute

        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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        Dalek Dave
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        Like Dublin, Dubh Linn is Oirish for Blackpool.

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        • C chethu665

          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?

          "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" -Pascal

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          How about this?[^]

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          • H Henry Minute

            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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            Wijsneus :-)

            V.

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              Like Dublin, Dubh Linn is Oirish for Blackpool.

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              Henry Minute
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              To be sure, to be sure.

              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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              • H Henry Minute

                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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                Dalek Dave
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                Chow Fan?

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                • V V 0

                  Wijsneus :-)

                  V.

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                  Henry Minute
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                  Close! I thought wijsgeer more appropriate.

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Chow Fan?

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                    Henry Minute
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                    Love it!

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                    • R Rob Graham

                      British settlers recycled city names they were familiar with.

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

                      Ger

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                      • S Slacker007

                        Funny city names around the world[^] I'm glad I don't live in glasscock, tx :wtf:

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                        fjdiewornncalwe
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                        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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                        • H Henry Minute

                          They missed, amongst many others, one of my faves smb[^]

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

                          I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                          • G Ger Hayden

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

                            Ger

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

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                            • D dan sh

                              Dalek Dave wrote:

                              she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar.

                              Are you sure[^]?

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

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                              • F fjdiewornncalwe

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

                                I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                Lost User
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                                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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                                • D dan sh

                                  You forgot the joke icon. Still, have a five. :-D

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                                  Who said he was joking?

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                                  • E Electron Shepherd

                                    Henry Minute wrote:

                                    York

                                    Which is based on the Viking name, Yorvik...

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Surely Jorvik.

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                                    • D dan sh

                                      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.

                                      "Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]

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                                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                      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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                                      • D Dalek Dave

                                        Not a co-incidence at all. Britain owned America, and named a lot of new towns and cities after the British ones. Even some state names are British. Georgia after King George, Virginia after Elizabeth the First, the Carolinas after King Charles etc.

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                                        Graham Shanks
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                                        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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                                        • D dan sh

                                          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[^]

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

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