Well, we have Toad Suck. Not sure what bunch of colonists to blame that on. Probably the Irish ( my paternal ancestors ).
LOL! We here in NEW Hampshire in NEW England also have:
Dover (my home town), Exeter, Portsmouth, Manchester, Derry, Nottingham, Canterbury, New Castle, Durham, Rye, Hampton and North Hampton, Chichester, Rochester, and more. Then there's Berlin, Hanover, and who knows what else.
But of course, the early settlers of NH were largely from England (Dover was settled in 1623) and most early settlers were far from home and looking for some tiny piece of their old lives...
I wonder what it was about Manchester. It's hard to find a state in north-east US without town named Manchester.Dover (my home town), Exeter, Portsmouth, Manchester, Derry, Nottingham, Canterbury, New Castle, Durham, Rye, Hampton and North Hampton, Chichester, Rochester, and more. Then there's Berlin, Hanover, and who knows what else.
But of course, the early settlers of NH were largely from England (Dover was settled in 1623) and most early settlers were far from home and looking for some tiny piece of their old lives...
There's a "Dunrovin Country Store" near Pinehurst, NC. No word on whether its founder was tired of being peripatetic."...Dunloggin" which is said to be founded by retired laborers from logging industry. Another town in Maryland named "Dunteachin"...
There's a "Dunrovin Country Store" near Pinehurst, NC. No word on whether its founder was tired of being peripatetic.
Can't answer the Manchester question but it's a good one. I did live in Durham NC for a while in grad school, and I knew of Pinehurst, but Dunrovin, along with Dunloggin and Dunteachin, now that's something I didna know!
There are a few places here that has foreign nicknames like Little Paris (due to a poet who lived her and wrote a poem about this place - Little Paris), Stockholm is sometimes reffered to as Venice of the North and there are some other not nice names to places, the mildest is a metroline called Orient Express to suburbs outside Stockholm.
My iPad says Sunny 3 degrees C and here're photos of the frost outside.
My iPad says Sunny 3 degrees C and here're photos of the frost outside.
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It's the cold, damp and dark that makes it miserable, the last few days have been nice, the sun showing up the autumn colours.Currently 9c in the home of British brewing, Burton on Trent. But it's a damp 9c. This is an utterly hateful time of year. Roll on spring!
Little ski slope for the little ones? Getting them to start early, eh.photos of the frost outside.
The kids just need 1/4 inch of snow for their snow toys.Little ski slope for the little ones? Getting them to start early, eh.
Same here. A few years ago we had nearly five months of continuous heavy grey cloud cover, mixed with rain and snow. After a month or so without ever seeing the sun, I start to feel as though I cannot quite wake up, so I stumble around feeling groggy and half-asleep all day, every day.It's the cold, damp and dark that makes it miserable
Again, the same here. A forecast for an entire week of rain turned out to be completely wrong; instead, we have bright sunshine and blue skies. Cold, clear, and beautiful!the last few days have been nice, the sun showing up the autumn colours.
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> I wish former British citizens ...had used a bit more imagination when naming their new settlements.......
some of the British names in NA are mis-pronounced and mis-spelled and then spoken with a draaawl - a good form of retribution I think!
By the way, the weather is so bad in Montreal that they have postponed Halloween til Friday !
Not just British names. I still remember my shock the first time I heard an American television sports commentator discussing the football team from Indiana's Notre Dame University. He pronounced "Notre" so it rhymed with "otter", and "Dame" like the word "lame".some of the British names in NA are mis-pronounced...
I have virtually zero knowledge of French (c'est tragique, n'est ce pas?), but even in my ignorance, "Otter Lame" sounded pretty atrocious.
-Gnobuddy
Not just British names. I still remember my shock the first time I heard an American television sports commentator discussing the football team from Indiana's Notre Dame University. He pronounced "Notre" so it rhymed with "otter", and "Dame" like the word "lame".
One good one. Keep it coming....ste management?
...ges?
...nkers united?
...nnabe spice girls?
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