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https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3ARoadsign_of_Ii_municipality_Finland.jpg
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May 16, 2022 08:06
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Shed load of River Avons in the UK. Avon meaning 'river'.
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May 16, 2022 08:52
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Avon lol, eleven in the UK, five more in Australia, two each in Canada and NZ, and one wildcard in Spain
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May 16, 2022 13:16
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I always thought "Hill Valley" from Back to the Future was a work of art
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May 16, 2022 14:06
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The Potomac river is NOT one tho
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May 16, 2022 14:26
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I hate autoantonyms. Like, why does “sanction” mean “punish”, but only in the context of international relations? Don’t answer that.
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May 16, 2022 14:29
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Platystemon posted:I hate autoantonyms. well now I had to. Apparently the word comes from sanctus, so some catholic poo poo. caveat: never trust etymologies from the internet ofc.
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May 16, 2022 14:46
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Soul Dentist posted:I always thought "Hill Valley" from Back to the Future was a work of art I passed a Hill Valley road sign in rural Oregon, it was hard to fight the urge to steal it.
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May 16, 2022 15:29
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Roblo posted:Shed load of River Avons in the UK. Avon meaning 'river'. You have to admit that it's a fitting name.
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May 16, 2022 15:32
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Platystemon posted:I hate autoantonyms. Or like how cleave means to stick to or to cut apart.
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May 16, 2022 16:22
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Arrath posted:I passed a Hill Valley road sign in rural Oregon, it was hard to fight the urge to steal it. There's a road sign not far from my city that announces "Hill Blocks View" and a friend-of-a-friend thought for a very long time that it was the name of a suburb.
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May 17, 2022 00:45
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Reminded of a Geoguesser clip where a guy thought "potholes" was a city name, pronouncing it "poth-oles".
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May 17, 2022 00:54
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There's a place near me that's called, translated, House-Town-Road. (Husebyvej)
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May 17, 2022 02:07
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Are these all different languages mashing poo poo together, or did someone just say gently caress it
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May 17, 2022 02:08
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The last one. For some reason there are several Places named Housestown. Scandics are just hosed in the head honestly
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May 17, 2022 02:14
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I imagine it's the 'Yucatan' naming convention where some foreigner with a sword and/or slate is pointing at a river going 'What is this called' and the local says '...the river?' and the foreigner writes it down.
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May 17, 2022 02:14
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The original name for Copenhagen, which is spelled København in danish, is just "Havn" which simply means harbor. København kinda means trade harbor. Very original people the Danes.
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May 17, 2022 02:20
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Haven, harbor hmmmm are they brothers
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May 17, 2022 02:27
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wheatpuppy posted:There's a road sign not far from my city that announces "Hill Blocks View" That's why you get on top of the hill. Much nicer view from up there.
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May 17, 2022 02:42
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Gothenburg means Goth City
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May 17, 2022 02:45
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Is that where Vampire the Masquerade is set?
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May 17, 2022 02:48
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In unimaginative naming: The Capital of South Korea, Seoul, (서울), just means "West City in Korean. The Capital of Mainland China, Beijing, ( 北京) just means "North City" in Mandarin. There's more than a couple of these type of names of cities in India in local languages as well.
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May 17, 2022 02:59
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Fun part is it's still happening. There's at least one town in the Philippines that's named "Parking Spot".
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May 17, 2022 03:21
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I imagine it's the 'Yucatan' naming convention where some foreigner with a sword and/or slate is pointing at a river going 'What is this called' and the local says '...the river?' and the foreigner writes it down. I like the theory that “Des Moines” means “shitheads”. catfry posted:The last one. For some reason there are several Places named Housestown. Scandics are just hosed in the head honestly Cabo Cotoche is that and the Yucatán thing. “Cotoch” means “home”.
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May 17, 2022 03:49
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Platystemon posted:I like the theory that “Des Moines” means “shitheads”. Because those don't exist
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May 17, 2022 05:29
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There's a suburb by Phoenix named Ahwatukee. You'd think perhaps it was a name from the language of one of the many indigenous peoples nearby. The origin story is that a woman who owned a gigantic ranch there in the early 20th century named it "House of Dreams" in the Crow language. Arizona is hundreds of miles from Crow country, and that lady did not speak or understand the Crow language. Ahwatukee is a total gibberish word in Crow, and sounds nothing like the supposed translation of "House of Dreams"
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May 17, 2022 06:16
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BrigadierSensible posted:In unimaginative naming: Beijing is North Capital, to be precise. Compare with Nanjing (South Capital) and Tokyo (East Capital but using the Japanese readings of those characters). I do not believe there is a West Capital.
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May 17, 2022 07:09
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Wabash = Clear Flowing Water Ohio = Good River Mississippi = Great River A lot of the Mississippi's watershed are just the local word for some variation of river
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May 17, 2022 07:17
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Did somebody already post Hillhillhill Hill? (Torpenhow Hill, England). Surely the best one.
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May 17, 2022 07:22
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Fellblade posted:Did somebody already post Hillhillhill Hill? (Torpenhow Hill, England). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo Obligatory.
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May 17, 2022 07:29
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Fellblade posted:Did somebody already post Hillhillhill Hill? (Torpenhow Hill, England). is it a tautology to post the very thing that started this tangent?
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May 17, 2022 08:00
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May 17, 2022 08:30
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canyoneer posted:There's a suburb by Phoenix named Ahwatukee. You'd think perhaps it was a name from the language of one of the many indigenous peoples nearby. Likewise: Idaho is supposed to mean "the sun comes from the mountains" in the shoshone language. Then it was revealed that that is totally nonsense and that Idaho doesn't mean anything.
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May 17, 2022 08:41
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there is an Avenue Road right near my house. Spectacularly lazy
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May 17, 2022 08:53
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Marcade posted:Reminded of a Geoguesser clip where a guy thought "potholes" was a city name, pronouncing it "poth-oles". It comes from ancient Greek. Ibblebibble posted:Beijing is North Capital, to be precise. Compare with Nanjing (South Capital) and Tokyo (East Capital but using the Japanese readings of those characters). I do not believe there is a West Capital. Well not after the Hyper War, no.
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May 17, 2022 09:49
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Ibblebibble posted:Beijing is North Capital, to be precise. Compare with Nanjing (South Capital) and Tokyo (East Capital but using the Japanese readings of those characters). I do not believe there is a West Capital. But of course the eastern capital was only called East Capital to differentiate it from the old capital of Capital City. (Kyoto)
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May 17, 2022 10:49
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FreudianSlippers posted:Gothenburg means Goth City Or Goth Castle. And Geats are not really Goths. So Geat Castle.
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May 17, 2022 13:15
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Australia has the city of Townsville. It's not technically a tautology, being named after its founder, Robert Towns, but it doesn't stop it sounding stupid.
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May 17, 2022 13:38
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Idk it's not that geat
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