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cybercolin
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| [Quote At least we don't steal place names, like our American friends do. |
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I didn't mean to sound disrespectful btw, I just find it amazing how many places in your huge country have smaller counterparts here with the same name! Like who would have thought that a city famous for making Kit Kats is the inspiration behind naming New York? (well okay, the Duke of York, but the point still stands!) It's crazy! |
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stjohnny
Registered: 02/16/06
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 12:57 PM EDT |
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 01:46 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: cybercolin] | [Quote At least we don't steal place names, like our American friends do. |
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I didn't mean to sound disrespectful btw, I just find it amazing how many places in your huge country have smaller counterparts here with the same name! Like who would have thought that a city famous for making Kit Kats is the inspiration behind naming New York? (well okay, the Duke of York, but the point still stands!) It's crazy! |
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Well, the Brits named it New York. It was New Amsterdam before that... as the Dutch weren't too original either. Americans tended to use the indigenous Indian's names, though probably mangling them in the process. |
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Daleks don't accept apologies! YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 01:50 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: shockeye07] [Quote by: stjohnny] How's about Leicester (pronounces LESTER)
Or Edinburgh (Edin-brah)
Or Middlesborough (Middles-brah)
Or Brighton (pronounced Bright-UN, and not Bright-ON)
More when i can think of them |
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Nottingham is pronounced Nottinghum |
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I always thought it was: Noth-ing-home  |
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Daleks don't accept apologies! YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!
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Tardis-Knight
Registered: 02/11/07
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 02:44 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: Louis] [Quote by: cybercolin] At least we don't steal place names, like our American friends do.
How about the Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Yes it is a real place!
I hope they film an episode there soon, then Louis WOULD HAVE TO say it! |
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No... No way. What are our Welch friends drinking?
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This is actually quite close to where a friend of my comes from. This is a geniune postcard I've been sent!
Her friend can say it fluently, and when she's p****d it sounds very funny, the gogogoch at end is really given some welly!
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Nothing dies of old age on Skaro!
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Louis
Registered: 01/01/04
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 04:15 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: Tardis-Knight] [Quote by: Louis] [Quote by: cybercolin] At least we don't steal place names, like our American friends do.
How about the Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Yes it is a real place!
I hope they film an episode there soon, then Louis WOULD HAVE TO say it! |
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No... No way. What are our Welch friends drinking?
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This is actually quite close to where a friend of my comes from. This is a geniune postcard I've been sent!
Her friend can say it fluently, and when she's p****d it sounds very funny, the gogogoch at end is really given some welly!
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Yeah, a little too much ale for those deciding on town names. NUI - Naming Under the Influence. As you can see, it can be very dangerous!
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Monday, October 20 2008 @ 04:54 PM EDT |
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See what happens when you let a cobbler name your railway station... |
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Daleks don't accept apologies! YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!
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stjohnny
Registered: 02/16/06
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| Tuesday, October 21 2008 @ 05:16 AM EDT |
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dave hingley
Registered: 10/25/06
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| Tuesday, October 21 2008 @ 06:16 AM EDT |
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How about this for place names
Wookey Hole in glastonbury, where attack of the cybermane was filmed
wigwig round by bridgnorth
also there is a place near me called Lickey end |
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shockeye07
Registered: 02/14/07
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| Tuesday, October 21 2008 @ 12:57 PM EDT |
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| Apparently Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgwynmgyllgogerychyrrndrobwllllantysiliogogogch translates in English as "St Marys church in the hollow of the white hazel to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the red cave". Sounds like a third Doctor story to me. |
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