Current Events > This thing in America, why does it have so many towns named after real cities?

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saspa 05/30/17 12:25:13 PM #1:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that? --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:880077499] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anarchy_Juiblex 05/30/17 12:28:33 PM #2:	That's what happens when colonists found things. --- "Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali <cite>Anarchy_Juiblex posted [p:880077700] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>That's what happens when colonists found things.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 05/30/17 12:29:45 PM #3:	Georgia is actually named after their king --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880077767] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Georgia is actually named after their king</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
butthole666 05/30/17 12:38:16 PM #4:	Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city" --- "Kenan & Kel is what made me realize I wasn't racist." ~ NewportBox100s <cite>butthole666 posted [p:880078300] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 05/30/17 12:40:15 PM #5:	A lot of places are like that. IIRC, Venezuela is named after Venice --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:880078432] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>A lot of places are like that. IIRC, Venezuela is named after Venice</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 05/30/17 12:41:40 PM #6:	Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city" Here in Florida they like to keep the original Indian names, so like half the places here are unpronouncable to people who don't live there --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:880078511] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><quote>Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city"</quote> Here in Florida they like to keep the original Indian names, so like half the places here are unpronouncable to people who don't live there</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 05/30/17 12:43:27 PM #7:	Athens, Georgia And there's a Rome somewhere too but I can't remember where. --- http://backloggery.com/devsbro/sig.gif http://i.imgur.com/kU5vu5N.png Never pepper popcorn <cite>DevsBro posted [p:880078615] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Athens, Georgia And there's a Rome somewhere too but I can't remember where.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Brain_Explodes 05/30/17 12:46:19 PM #8:	New York. We are uncreative as ** when it comes to location names. --- "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." <cite>Brain_Explodes posted [p:880078796] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>New York. We are uncreative as ** when it comes to location names.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 05/30/17 12:48:43 PM #9:	New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more PA is meta in that they name cities after other states like California PA or Indiana Pa --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880078948] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more PA is meta in that they name cities after other states like California PA or Indiana Pa</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 05/30/17 12:49:58 PM #10:	Anarchy_Juiblex posted... That's what happens when colonists found things. --- an aspirin the size of the sun. <cite>Antifar posted [p:880079024] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>Anarchy_Juiblex posted...</cite> <quote>That's what happens when colonists found things. </quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 05/30/17 12:50:16 PM #11:	iosifsvoboda posted... New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more I grew up in Greece, NY --- an aspirin the size of the sun. <cite>Antifar posted [p:880079049] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more</quote> I grew up in Greece, NY</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KILBOTz 05/30/17 12:56:02 PM #12:	iosifsvoboda posted... New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more PA is meta in that they name cities after other states like California PA or Indiana Pa Isn't there also like a Fucking, PA or something like that? I grew up in one of the 14 Rochesters in the US. They are all named after Rochester, Kent, England of course. I also lived in Kent, another name stolen from England. --- http://i.imgur.com/O3syCWD.gif http://i.imgur.com/k3YiBdG.gif <cite>KILBOTz posted [p:880079367] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>New York State has a bunch of city names from Italy Rome Syracuse Utica sure there is more PA is meta in that they name cities after other states like California PA or Indiana Pa</quote> Isn't there also like a Fucking, PA or something like that? I grew up in one of the 14 Rochesters in the US. They are all named after Rochester, Kent, England of course. I also lived in Kent, another name stolen from England.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 05/30/17 12:57:35 PM #13:	There is intercourse virginville and blue balls in pa idk about fucking that might be in Germany or something --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880079451] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>There is intercourse virginville and blue balls in pa idk about fucking that might be in Germany or something</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EbonTitanium 05/30/17 1:06:45 PM #14:	In Ohio, the three biggest cities are named after people. --- I don't know which is worse: fanboys or elitist. <cite>EbonTitanium posted [p:880079975] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>In Ohio, the three biggest cities are named after people.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
glitteringfairy 05/30/17 1:09:19 PM #15:	People name things that remind them of where they came from. Shocker --- "How come you can believe in God but not Bigfoot?" V-E-G-Y http://i.imgur.com/AqR3aeX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vvuUXpp.jpg <cite>glitteringfairy posted [p:880080118] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>People name things that remind them of where they came from. Shocker</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Melonfarms 05/30/17 1:14:07 PM #16:	New England is a thing. I like to refer to it as New and Better England. --- PSN: obsurdrandom <cite>Melonfarms posted [p:880080390] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>New England is a thing. I like to refer to it as New and Better England.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lightsasori 05/30/17 1:20:23 PM #17:	Almost every city in California is named after Saints. --- "Yare yare daze" ~ Jotaro Kujo "Children are pure, they know who's the strongest." ~ MaskDeSmith <cite>Lightsasori posted [p:880080748] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Almost every city in California is named after Saints.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KILBOTz 05/30/17 1:20:59 PM #18:	Lightsasori posted... Almost every city in California is named after Saints. and whale vaginas. --- http://i.imgur.com/O3syCWD.gif http://i.imgur.com/k3YiBdG.gif <cite>KILBOTz posted [p:880080787] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightsasori posted...</cite> <quote>Almost every city in California is named after Saints.</quote> and whale vaginas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lightsasori 05/30/17 1:22:10 PM #19:	KILBOTz posted... Lightsasori posted... Almost every city in California is named after Saints. and whale vaginas. lol --- "Yare yare daze" ~ Jotaro Kujo "Children are pure, they know who's the strongest." ~ MaskDeSmith <cite>Lightsasori posted [p:880080853] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>KILBOTz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightsasori posted...</cite> <quote>Almost every city in California is named after Saints.</quote> and whale vaginas.</quote> lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 05/30/17 1:42:10 PM #20:	saspa posted... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that? My wife was born in Lebanon, Indiana. Here in Ohio I live in Lima, and close by we have Cairo and Russia... They are all pronounced differently than the city or country they are named after, though... Lima with an "I" like "lime," Cairo like Care-oh and oddly Russia is Rooshy. Never understood that last one, they others at least make sense based on spelling. --- -- - <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:880082019] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that?</quote> My wife was born in Lebanon, Indiana. Here in Ohio I live in Lima, and close by we have Cairo and Russia... They are all pronounced differently than the city or country they are named after, though... Lima with an "I" like "lime," Cairo like Care-oh and oddly Russia is Rooshy. Never understood that last one, they others at least make sense based on spelling.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 05/30/17 7:20:37 PM #21:	Mmm there is a Lima near me too --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880102812] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Mmm there is a Lima near me too</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBANN_88 05/30/17 7:40:34 PM #22:	screw that. i want to know why you got several cities/regions/counties with the same name. like, according to wikipedia, there's 25 different Springfields. that's just freaking weird --- http://i.imgur.com/cUNC8DI.jpg <cite>ROBANN_88 posted [p:880104095] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>screw that. i want to know why you got several cities/regions/counties with the same name. like, according to wikipedia, there's 25 different Springfields. that's just freaking weird</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chill02 05/30/17 7:44:03 PM #23:	Washington and Montgomery are very common names for counties, too. Check your state's map; chances are yours has a county with those names. --- Ave, true to Caesar. <cite>chill02 posted [p:880104276] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Washington and Montgomery are very common names for counties, too. Check your state's map; chances are yours has a county with those names.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 05/30/17 7:48:34 PM #24:	Lightsasori posted... Almost every city in California is named after Saints. St Barbara reporting in --- http://i.imgur.com/LAvnefi.gif http://i.imgur.com/6kW9fXL.gif <cite>E32005 posted [p:880104567] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightsasori posted...</cite> <quote>Almost every city in California is named after Saints.</quote> St Barbara reporting in</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 05/31/17 8:42:53 AM #25:	iosifsvoboda posted... Mmm there is a Lima near me too Leem-uh or Lime-uh? --- -- - <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:880133298] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>Mmm there is a Lima near me too</quote> Leem-uh or Lime-uh?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scar the 1 05/31/17 8:44:51 AM #26:	eston posted... Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city" Here in Florida they like to keep the original Indian names, so like half the places here are unpronouncable to people who don't live there Like Melbourne, Florida? :^) --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:880133342] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote><quote>Indiana is literally "Indian land" and the capital, Indianapolis, is literally "Indian city"</quote> Here in Florida they like to keep the original Indian names, so like half the places here are unpronouncable to people who don't live there</quote> Like Melbourne, Florida? :^)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken 05/31/17 8:46:26 AM #27:	Hell, Michigan. --- http://i.imgur.com/VoUNVY8.jpg <cite>Chicken posted [p:880133389] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Hell, Michigan.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Great Muta 22 05/31/17 8:55:11 AM #28:	KILBOTz posted... Isn't there also like a Fucking, PA or something like that? Big Beaver, PA Blue Ball, PA Intercourse, PA Virginville, PA All of those are absolutely a thing --- http://i.imgur.com/eZa6Wos.png <cite>The Great Muta 22 posted [p:880133635] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>KILBOTz posted...</cite> <quote>Isn't there also like a Fucking, PA or something like that? </quote> Big Beaver, PA Blue Ball, PA Intercourse, PA Virginville, PA All of those are absolutely a thing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rodu_jr 05/31/17 8:56:44 AM #29:	happens in Canada too Manitoba has a Miami, Sydney and a Melbourne. The latter two are just down the road from one another <cite>rodu_jr posted [p:880133674] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>happens in Canada too Manitoba has a Miami, Sydney and a Melbourne. The latter two are just down the road from one another</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Eko 05/31/17 8:57:07 AM #30:	Mexico, NY Poland, NY --- P S N : TheEko <cite>The Eko posted [p:880133689] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Mexico, NY Poland, NY</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zanzenburger 05/31/17 9:01:38 AM #31:	We got a Miami, OK over here and an Orlando, OK. We have an obsession with Florida, apparently. Except Miami is pronounced "Miamuh" to try to be different. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. <cite>Zanzenburger posted [p:880133827] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>We got a Miami, OK over here and an Orlando, OK. We have an obsession with Florida, apparently. Except Miami is pronounced "Miamuh" to try to be different.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
weapon_d00d816 05/31/17 9:15:14 AM #32:	saspa posted... They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) That was named after king George. Also some examples near me Mexico, Missouri Nevada, Missouri Manhattan, Kansas --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:880134271] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote> They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia)</quote> That was named after king George. Also some examples near me Mexico, Missouri Nevada, Missouri Manhattan, Kansas</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativerealms 05/31/17 9:31:12 AM #34:	Because despite what some people may believe America is a country of immigrants whose culture is based on where we came from. It is our very foundation and part of what makes us great. --- when you stub your toes it's the SJWs fualt. <cite>creativerealms posted [p:880134836] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Because despite what some people may believe America is a country of immigrants whose culture is based on where we came from. It is our very foundation and part of what makes us great.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SonicZack 05/31/17 9:44:29 AM #35:	The Top Crusader posted... saspa posted... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that? My wife was born in Lebanon, Indiana. Here in Ohio I live in Lima, and close by we have Cairo and Russia... They are all pronounced differently than the city or country they are named after, though... Lima with an "I" like "lime," Cairo like Care-oh and oddly Russia is Rooshy. Never understood that last one, they others at least make sense based on spelling. I think Ohio is the king of states with unoriginal town names. --- [This Signature Intentionally Left Blank] <cite>SonicZack posted [p:880135358] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky They even named an entire state after a country (Georgia) What is the deal with all that?</quote> My wife was born in Lebanon, Indiana. Here in Ohio I live in Lima, and close by we have Cairo and Russia... They are all pronounced differently than the city or country they are named after, though... Lima with an "I" like "lime," Cairo like Care-oh and oddly Russia is Rooshy. Never understood that last one, they others at least make sense based on spelling.</quote> I think Ohio is the king of states with unoriginal town names.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 05/31/17 11:01:49 AM #36:	The Top Crusader posted... iosifsvoboda posted... Mmm there is a Lima near me too Leem-uh or Lime-uh? lime uh --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880139045] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>Mmm there is a Lima near me too</quote> Leem-uh or Lime-uh?</quote> lime uh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Monday 05/31/17 11:25:25 AM #37:	DevsBro posted... Athens, Georgia And there's a Rome somewhere too but I can't remember where. There's a Rome here in NY. --- http://i.imgur.com/xufaPCs.gif https://i.imgtc.com/iz1Ql9V.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/HJrfmRk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KRQrSDs.jpg <cite>Monday posted [p:880140266] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>Athens, Georgia And there's a Rome somewhere too but I can't remember where.</quote> There's a Rome here in NY.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 05/31/17 2:26:42 PM #38:	iosifsvoboda posted... The Top Crusader posted... iosifsvoboda posted... Mmm there is a Lima near me too Leem-uh or Lime-uh? lime uh OMG we could be next door neighbors! Are you an older middle aged woman with illegal chickens and yappy dogs?! --- -- - <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:880150751] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>Mmm there is a Lima near me too</quote> Leem-uh or Lime-uh?</quote> lime uh</quote> OMG we could be next door neighbors! Are you an older middle aged woman with illegal chickens and yappy dogs?!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sanktu_Vyvorant 05/31/17 2:39:03 PM #39:	Kentucky has a bunch of towns and cities named after him Louisville Kentucky was named after Louis XIV, the French King, and Elizabethtown was named after some "Hynes" guys wife --- "You know that NATO didn't exist before 9/11, right?" - Mal_Fet <cite>Sanktu_Vyvorant posted [p:880151504] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Kentucky has a bunch of towns and cities named after him Louisville Kentucky was named after Louis XIV, the French King, and Elizabethtown was named after some "Hynes" guys wife</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 06/01/17 4:45:46 PM #40:	Brain_Explodes posted... New York. We are uncreative as ** when it comes to location names. Not as bad as calling an entire region "New England" Like, wasn't there this whole thing where they didn't want to be Englandians anymore and even did a war over it? The naming convention doesn't make any sense. --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:880222914] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>Brain_Explodes posted...</cite> <quote>New York. We are uncreative as ** when it comes to location names.</quote> Not as bad as calling an entire region "New England" Like, wasn't there this whole thing where they didn't want to be Englandians anymore and even did a war over it? The naming convention doesn't make any sense.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 06/03/17 6:54:24 AM #41:	The Top Crusader posted... iosifsvoboda posted... The Top Crusader posted... iosifsvoboda posted... Mmm there is a Lima near me too Leem-uh or Lime-uh? lime uh OMG we could be next door neighbors! Are you an older middle aged woman with illegal chickens and yappy dogs?! This made me unabashedly laugh --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:880322101] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote><cite>iosifsvoboda posted...</cite> <quote>Mmm there is a Lima near me too</quote> Leem-uh or Lime-uh?</quote> lime uh</quote> OMG we could be next door neighbors! Are you an older middle aged woman with illegal chickens and yappy dogs?!</quote> This made me unabashedly laugh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thompsontalker7 06/03/17 6:58:14 AM #42:	There's a few like that in NJ but I can't remember them rn --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet. Might wanna get on that, yeah? <cite>thompsontalker7 posted [p:880322172] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>There's a few like that in NJ but I can't remember them rn</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpiralDrift 06/03/17 7:12:00 AM #43:	There's this thing in the Bay Area where a lot of the streets have the same names as the surrounding cities. It can get pretty confusing. "Yo dawg I'm at Fremont in San Francisco." "Wtf man where you at?" Also there are two exits with the exact same street name on the freeway near me and they're only about 5 minutes apart. So I tell someone to exit onto [redacted] St. from interstate [redacted] and half the time they end up in the wrong damn city. --- Do unto others what your parents did to you. <cite>SpiralDrift posted [p:880322472] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>There's this thing in the Bay Area where a lot of the streets have the same names as the surrounding cities. It can get pretty confusing. "Yo dawg I'm at Fremont in San Francisco." "Wtf man where you at?" Also there are two exits with the exact same street name on the freeway near me and they're only about 5 minutes apart. So I tell someone to exit onto [redacted] St. from interstate [redacted] and half the time they end up in the wrong damn city.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kineth 06/03/17 7:15:18 AM #44:	All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas. --- If you're not looking for any honest discussion, agreement, meeting halfway or middle ground, don't bother arguing with me. Selfish narcissists need not apply. <cite>Kineth posted [p:880322535] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 06/03/17 7:54:07 AM #45:	Bristol, TN-VA --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:880323381] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Bristol, TN-VA</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 06/04/17 4:12:57 PM #46:	Kineth posted... All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas. That's enough to count as absurd. It hasn't been explained yet, why does America do that? --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:880402188] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kineth posted...</cite> <quote>All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas.</quote> That's enough to count as absurd. It hasn't been explained yet, why does America do that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 06/04/17 4:14:41 PM #47:	It's better than Britain and naming their villages Thimblebottom Worcestershire or some such goofy shit. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:880402274] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>It's better than Britain and naming their villages Thimblebottom Worcestershire or some such goofy shit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
G_G 06/04/17 4:15:07 PM #48:	quebec = new france quebec city = new france city toronto used to be called york shrugs --- I am Microwaved_Eggs <cite>G_G posted [p:880402305] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>quebec = new france quebec city = new france city toronto used to be called york shrugs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
joe_stalin518 06/04/17 4:22:22 PM #49:	Depends what the majority was in the area that built that city , Dutch build Manhattan ' the original name was new Amsterdam ' or the Indian names --- how does super mario world work without updates? Relax I know what I'm doing,I been killing topics since 1987 <cite>joe_stalin518 posted [p:880402738] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>Depends what the majority was in the area that built that city , Dutch build Manhattan ' the original name was new Amsterdam ' or the Indian names</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 06/04/17 4:28:09 PM #50:	georgia was named after king george --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:880403050] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote>georgia was named after king george</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 06/04/17 4:28:36 PM #51:	saspa posted... Kineth posted... All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas. That's enough to count as absurd. It hasn't been explained yet, why does America do that? It's like they were all immigrants trying to push the legacy of their ancestors or something. --- http://i.imgur.com/jWVrg9U.gif http://i.imgur.com/g2efUtT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5dOwhaP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LVdqu8J.gif Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:880403071] in This thing... [t:75402432]...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Kineth posted...</cite> <quote>All I can think of off the top of my head is Italy, Texas and Paris, Texas. I don't consider stuff like Greensville and Brownsville to really count. There's also Yellowsville, but that's just Amarillo, Texas. Oh yeah, there's Odessa, Texas.</quote> That's enough to count as absurd. It hasn't been explained yet, why does America do that?</quote> It's like they were all immigrants trying to push the legacy of their ancestors or something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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