April 15, 2003, 03:16
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I just remembered another one: Petah Tikva.
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April 15, 2003, 03:27
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King
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Port Radium
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April 15, 2003, 03:30
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#63
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Philadelphia
Jerusalem
Avignon
Tripoli
Vienna
Phoenix
Kuala Lampur
Constantinople
Victoria
Montclair
Versailles
Alta Vista
Tallahasee
Galveston
Bethlehem
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April 15, 2003, 03:36
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Albacete, Spain
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April 15, 2003, 05:19
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Prince
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Alicante
Malaga
Toronto
Seattle
Kiev
Palermo
Lugano
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April 15, 2003, 05:36
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Deity
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Originally posted by Edan
Not a city, but a town:
Featherstonehaugh
pronounced Fan-shaw.
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How the hell do you go from writing Featherwhatnot to pronouncing it Fan-shaw....  
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April 15, 2003, 09:01
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Barcelona,
Babylon,
San Diego,
Vancouver,
Jerusalem(  ),
Istanbul,
Thermopilae(sp? ),
Mogadishu,
Tel Aviv ( ),
Casablanca,
Santander,
Frankfurt,
Buenos Aires (!),
Avignon,
Vladivostok,
St. Petersburg
Rio De Janeiro
Yokohama,
Ulan Ude,
Rotterdam ( Amsterdam reminds me of hamsters)
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April 15, 2003, 09:03
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oh and Philadelphia, and Kuala lumpur.
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April 15, 2003, 13:51
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Prince
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Augusta Trajana, Beroe, Borui, Stara Zagora (Some of my hometown's names through different periods in history) - Bulgaria
Thebes, Memphis, Luxor - Egypt
Bangalore - India
Shanghai - China
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April 15, 2003, 14:19
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Prince
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Antverpia/Antwerpen
Rome
Napoli
Syracuse
Samarkand
Tashkent
Babel (Babylon)
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April 15, 2003, 14:26
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Warlord
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Well just for your info, Bangkok, that we know as the capital of Thailand, is not actually called that here. The first time I found out was when I asked for directions and was told to take the Krungthep-Nontaburi road, on my map it did not exist.
Most people here just refer to the city as Krungthep or Krungthepmahanakorn.
Well here is the official name:
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttay amahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwe smahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavis anukamprasit.
Try and say that in one go. I have a friend who really can.
Here is the whole meaning:
krungthep mahanakorn
The great city of angels,
amorn rattanakosin mahintara yutthaya mahadilok phop
the supreme unconqueralble land of the great immortal divinity (Indra),
noparat rajathani burirom
the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city,
udomrajaniwes mahasatharn
with plenty of grand royal palaces,
amorn phimarn avatarnsathit
and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity (Vishnu),
sakkatattiya visanukam prasit
given by Indra and created by the god of crafting (Visnukarma).
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April 15, 2003, 14:36
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Prince
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S****horpe
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April 15, 2003, 14:54
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King
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S****horpe: the only place in the UK with '****' in it. 
And I have to live 3 miles from it.
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April 15, 2003, 15:07
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Prince
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Phoenix
Byzantium
Perth
Persiapolis
Babylon
Nineveh
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April 15, 2003, 15:21
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Warlord
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Amazing that S****horpe and Grimsby are so close together (in the same county), reflects on both the people and the place.
Not like luverly 'ull. (just kidding)
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April 15, 2003, 16:40
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Emperor
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Detroit isn't too bad if its pronounced in French.
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April 15, 2003, 17:02
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The place I've lived in with the most beautiful name: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Nice meaning, too.
In the world I kinda like "Maribor", "Corsica", "Garmich-Parterkirchen", "Madeira" and "Iringa".
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April 15, 2003, 17:07
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Warlord
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Originally posted by alva
How the hell do you go from writing Featherwhatnot to pronouncing it Fan-shaw....
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Practice.
and you can blame the british for the pronounciation.
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April 15, 2003, 17:40
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King
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Joka kaupunki, joka päivä
Ikuinen pyhä Jerusalem!
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April 15, 2003, 17:45
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Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky
Murmansk
Makhatchkala
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April 15, 2003, 18:42
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Visakhapatnam
Antananarivo
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April 15, 2003, 20:35
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King
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Zanzibar, now that's an absolutely great name.
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April 15, 2003, 21:53
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King
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Biggar, Canada
Brest, France
Butte, US
Climax, Canada
Come-by-Chance, Canada
Maidenhead, UK
Qiqihar, China
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April 15, 2003, 22:02
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King
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Chandernagor, Pondicheri, Cléricy, Copenhague, Tallahassee.
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What?
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April 15, 2003, 23:55
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Prince
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Windsor (including my home town, South Windsor)
Greenwich
Providence
Phoenix
Nassau, Bahamas
Zaria, Nigeria
Lusaka, Zambia
Rome, Italy (suprised it took till page 4 to see that one)
Athens, Greece (and Georgia )
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April 16, 2003, 00:30
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Prince
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This isnt a city, but I always thought Trafalger was cool sounding... most of those north african-esque places usually are prety neat to me. Most of the good ones have already been mentioned 
Someone said Barcelona alraedy, that one is good.
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April 16, 2003, 01:02
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King
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Honolulu! 
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April 16, 2003, 13:02
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Nice suggestions. I love some of the names, like:
-Carthage
-Fortaleza, Brazil
-Zanzibar
-Ouagadougou
-Warzsawa
-Tel Aviv
-Philadelphia
-Sparta (one of the coolest city names ever)
-Alexandria
-Calcutta
-Tokyo
-Oslo
-Nottingham
-Manchester
-Málaga
-Madrid
And the coolest city name ever:
Ur.
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April 16, 2003, 14:47
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Prince
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Kathmandu (Nepal) is a fancy city name.
'Moskva' ('Moscow' in Russian) also sounds great.
Moskva... Kak mnogo v etom zvuke...
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April 16, 2003, 23:13
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Warlord
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Abu Dhabi
Nineveh
Damascus
Calgary
Cologne
And for the best:
Antioch
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