I’ve been seeing a lot of small towns recently. The amount of repetition in names is wild. There’s always: Bank Street, Main Street. There’s often one of: Queen Street, Landsdown Street, School Street, Carleton.
I get it. Our ancestors had goals when they named things and didn’t get around. But it’s incredibly samey.
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I didn’t know Ontario had the other Paris to match its other London.
It would be funny if the river that went through it was called the Seine
We also have the other Delhi… don’t ask about the pronunciation.
We also have the other Dorking.
TIL
I’ve been seeing a lot of small towns recently. The amount of repetition in names is wild. There’s always: Bank Street, Main Street. There’s often one of: Queen Street, Landsdown Street, School Street, Carleton.
I get it. Our ancestors had goals when they named things and didn’t get around. But it’s incredibly samey.
Poison ivy is ivy-ivy?! Why is that confusing to me??