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Post #AwSyw9v937JvXnX6Tw by [email protected] |
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A non-exhaustive list of typical USA city names:Just plain copied the name of a… |
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Post #AwSywA2wa7YhvzBKdc by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Agreed on all counts, with the addition that the Old World names are p… |
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Post #AwT3q2uCiaYnouztIm by [email protected] |
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@duncandahusky @erkhyan > Versailles, Kentucky (ver-SAYLES)Versailles, India… |
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Post #AwT43T4wiZVqlAQDYW by [email protected] |
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@duncandahusky @erkhyan My favorite of these so far is the tiny town of Mantua,… |
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Post #AwT5JgMfBnsMYJ0Ksi by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Arlington is right next to Springfield. (Nearly every state named a ci… |
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Post #AwTCpsBNU96E9Q1SAi by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @duncandahusky @erkhyan Toole, Utah was RIGHT THERE."Ta-willuh&quo… |
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Post #AwTCpsJWzpcaYhpxse by [email protected] |
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@springdiesel @duncandahusky @erkhyan Long time SLC, Utah resident here...we us… |
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Post #AwTCptG1UMPRU7Cg3E by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @duncandahusky @erkhyan Also Hurricane, Utah."Her-kin" |
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Post #AwTDh7BWRBby1mTgBs by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan There is a Brazil, Indiana and a Mexico, Indiana |
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Post #AwTEj1fzzM8nTdCxl2 by [email protected] |
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@bamboombibbitybop @erkhyan Or some trees that, I guess, grew there before bein… |
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Post #AwTJKp2JpdJZ5yvU3s by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Or a phonetically correct, but misspelled Spanish name. One example: W… |
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Post #AwTOOvMsjSsBf6JsmW by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan The town where my parents live is named after the favorite horse of th… |
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@erkhyan Aloha, Oregon is certainly a multiwhammy, since it was originally Angl… |
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Post #AwTZxTKq36OGLn2YTI by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan The Aloha locals lean into the confusion, using a lot of rainbow image… |
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Post #AwTZzQ41BNpcmf6KYK by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan also a few examples where they just copied the name from somewhere els… |
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Post #AwTZzQCAh4LzBwuqGG by [email protected] |
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@rkninerWyoming being named after Wyoming is fun.@erkhyan |
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Post #AwTZzQJcFOJBZ2Omrg by [email protected] |
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@dashdsrdash @rkniner @erkhyan Wyoming, PA? |
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Post #AwTa18wFpCCOFZI8o4 by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @duncandahusky @erkhyan Des Plaines, IL (Dess Planes)Pierre, SD (Peer)P… |
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Post #AwTa4Z6WzuO0GpjLG4 by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan as my manager explained to me yesterday, there is another entry:A pers… |
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Post #AwTaBjjBtj7xFJEU9w by [email protected] |
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@duncandahusky @erkhyan My-lan (Milan), Illinois didn't register for me for… |
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Post #AwTaCK6qdFRQ56Zt20 by [email protected] |
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@rkniner Good old Palestine, TX. |
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Post #AwTaCKCWI9yiMhEPs8 by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan I was thinking more about Portland OR (named after Portland ME) |
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Post #AwTaCKIXvknafO3EGW by [email protected] |
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@rkniner I figured, but there is something extra funny about a place named Pal… |
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Post #AwTaDp6MtBJgUY4JhA by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Sometimes it's all of the above - the town of Zumbrota, MN derives… |
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Post #AwTaFzCiIe0qP24HBo by [email protected] |
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@duncandahusky @erkhyan There’s a Thames river in Connecticut, but it’s alw… |
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@erkhyan I feel this having lived in garryanna street in Corvaills, OR. That is… |
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@stevel I did not mention literal names though, because those exist everywhere… |
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@rkniner @erkhyan I'm still cursing from that time I picked the wrong Portl… |
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Post #AwTaQLt6ohOFeQqCP2 by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan"Literal translation of Native American name" (ex: Broken Ar… |
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@tilton @duncandahusky @erkhyan We have a Thames river here in Ontario too. To … |
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@BalooUriza For extra fun, “aloha” (pronounced a-loo) is also a Malagasy wo… |
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@erkhyan Oh the locals would absolutely have a field day with that if it was wi… |
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@erkhyan In Scouts, I was in the Sunset District, lived off the Sunset Freeway,… |
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@erkhyan Named after some guy who worked for the railroad that built through th… |
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@erkhyan and Bloomington. Every state has 4 Bloomingtons |
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@erkhyan "There's a stream and a bunch of cedar trees... We'll cal… |
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Post #AwTaqcEKg9hDrhI8VU by [email protected] |
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@CorvidCrone @erkhyan you forgot my favorite:We cut down a bunch of cedar trees… |
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Post #AwTasQzLRjqlZw9GKm by [email protected] |
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@pomegranate_stew @rkniner @erkhyan Correct:Wyoming MI is named after Wyoming T… |
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Post #AwTau8cehYgTCGLdgW by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan our ancestors are a bunch of unimaginative cunts |
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Post #AwTb0DUBX4uo1AHhK4 by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan or it’s an old company town or train refueling spot. |
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Post #AwTb4v8fArCWYySdJg by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan"El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de… |
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Post #AwTb8CjCEa2jz47Awa by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan (Adjective) (Geographic Feature), ie Forest Hills, Big River, Long Lake |
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Post #AwTb8bTSEFJ0jTwSNU by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Also: spelling error that nobody fixedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar… |
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@erkhyan Oh, I know... |
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@erkhyan I live in Medina and my coworker goes to church in Mecca, so throw in … |
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@erkhyan Stephentown, New York: The town, which was originally Jericho Hallow i… |
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@erkhyan and the old world locations might be spelled correctly, but are mispro… |
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Post #AwTbD7CoC4MUIwJ7J2 by [email protected] |
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@cscott @CorvidCrone @erkhyan And that’s how Oakland California got its nam… |
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@erkhyan It was actually called "Moon" because the dude wanted the ci… |
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@erkhyan"Snowflake" AZ -- founded by a guy named "Snow" and… |
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@erkhyan A slur |
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@erkhyan A non-exhaustive list of typical USA street names:Main StreetBroadwayR… |
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@dpnash @duncandahusky @erkhyan Oh yeah. Utah County for me. Took me FOREVER to… |
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Post #AwTbPpWDGU6DDJRjxA by [email protected] |
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@erkhyan Not gonna lie, that's 95% accurate. |
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@GiantGinkgo @erkhyan Naming conventions:1) Cut down all the trees - name the s… |
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@erkhyan You need to get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_N… |
