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New names are hard, ok? (lemmy.world)
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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 61 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Hey, give them some credit, they have some diversity - there's place in europe, new place in europe, mispronounced place in europe, british ruler, catholic saint in spanish, american president, explorer related to america, and of course native american place/tribe, and random native american word

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

The Spanish names barely count because those were originally Mexican and had been named before USA was born.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think you're just describing how the etymology of most named places works.

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

In my country we name places after the surrounding area/environment. If it's an area with a big hill it will probably have a name to reflect that.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

I love visiting other areas "Old Barn Rd", and "Swamp Rd"

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 4 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

mispronounced place in europe

Americans can't pronounce Illinois

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Illin-wah

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

N’wah!

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

There's a town in Illinois called Sauget with an ongoing debate over how to pronounce it. None of the dozens of pronunciations are what you'd think.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I vote they settle on changing the name to sausage.