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different countries with towns of the same name
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By *heBelladonnaWoman 8 weeks ago
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So many. I think it’s over 650 just UK to USA alone.
York, UK — York, Maine
Somerset, UK — Somerset, Massachusetts
Boston, UK — Boston, Massachusetts
Plymouth, UK — Plymouth, Massachusetts
Cambridge, UK — Cambridge, Massachusetts
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I lived in Glastonbury in Connecticut USA, down the road was Bristol, Manchester, Marlborough, Windsor, Enfield… those founding fathers weren’t very creative when naming places in New England, lazy twats |
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By *7VYMan 7 weeks ago
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"Ok, I’ll stick with the USA because you can pretty much zoom into anywhere in the USA on Google Maps and find a name from the UK… so…
Dallas, Moray in Scotland
Dallas, Texas in USA"
It's almost like we exist in their whole country without even being there huh, language included.. |
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"Ok, I’ll stick with the USA because you can pretty much zoom into anywhere in the USA on Google Maps and find a name from the UK… "
Quite. Last week I went to Broadway and Hollywood just by driving a few miles out of Birmingham (that's Birmingham, West Midlands not Birmingham, Alabama).
The USA is particularly interesting as it has place names originating from Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, native American and British origins. And they're just the ones I can think of without cheating and using Google. |
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"Christchurch, Dorset, England (where I grew up)...and
Christchurch, New Zealand (where a one of my oldest friends now lives)"
Dorset sets the standard for confusion, you don’t even have to leave the county let alone the country to find two Charminsters, one’s a village outside Dorch, the others part of the sprawl they call Bournemouth.  |
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By *ost SockMan 7 weeks ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"Llandudno- Wales 🏴
Llandudno - South Africa 🇿🇦 "
Interesting. I’d love it if they used the correct pronounciation (“did-no”). Not really expecting it given how few here get it right, though  . |
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By (user no longer on site) 7 weeks ago
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"Christchurch, Dorset, England (where I grew up)...and
Christchurch, New Zealand (where a one of my oldest friends now lives)
Dorset sets the standard for confusion, you don’t even have to leave the county let alone the country to find two Charminsters, one’s a village outside Dorch, the others part of the sprawl they call Bournemouth. "
Haha, yes, I discovered this some years back when researching the family tree. Perhaps because Bournemouth was, once upon a time, part of Hampshire? Similarly, when I moved to Southbourne (Dorset), there was confusion when I set up mail redirection as there is also a village in Hampshire of the same name  |
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Washington co Durham
Then Washington state and DC in USA..
Proud to say there is only one Wrexham but place in Norfolk spells it with an o.
Though local village Gresford has a name sake in Australia NSW I believe. |
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