Names of cities/towns
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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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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?
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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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.
Ger
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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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Right next to Dullingham, I see. There must be great nightlife there.
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... not fogetting the sychophantic obsession with demonstrating loyalty to the Brittish crown e.g. Londonderry.
Ger
I preferred Frankenberry as a child. (Higher sugar content.)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar.
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Yup... Had to check... It's called the "looney" here...
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Right next to Dullingham, I see. There must be great nightlife there.
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You forgot the joke icon. Still, have a five. :-D
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Who said he was joking?
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Surely Jorvik.
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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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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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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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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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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.
Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
You forgot Salem, Massachusetts, home of the Salem Witch Trials....
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Yah, right. .... Texas comes from Tejas, a Mexican name borrowed in part from a Native American word for the people of the area. We Texans are a proud bunch, so proud that we post road signs to warn people, saying: Don't Mess With Texas![^]
