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Old April 15, 2003, 03:16   #61
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I just remembered another one: Petah Tikva.
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Old April 15, 2003, 03:27   #62
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Old April 15, 2003, 03:36   #64
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Old April 15, 2003, 05:36   #66
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Not a city, but a town:

Featherstonehaugh

pronounced Fan-shaw.
How the hell do you go from writing Featherwhatnot to pronouncing it Fan-shaw....
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Old April 15, 2003, 09:01   #67
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Old April 15, 2003, 09:03   #68
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oh and Philadelphia, and Kuala lumpur.
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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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Old April 15, 2003, 14:36   #72
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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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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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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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How the hell do you go from writing Featherwhatnot to pronouncing it Fan-shaw....
Practice.

and you can blame the british for the pronounciation.
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Zanzibar, now that's an absolutely great name.
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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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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
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-Nottingham
-Manchester
-Málaga
-Madrid

And the coolest city name ever:

Ur.
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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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