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Ironic place names
Name the ironic place names (UK and Aus) that are beautiful in one country and not so beautiful in the other. I will start with
Penrith! Can anyone else think of any? |
Re: Ironic place names
Originally Posted by Notts_bloke
(Post 6051347)
Name the ironic place names (UK and Aus) that are beautiful in one country and not so beautiful in the other. I will start with
Penrith! Can anyone else think of any? Where we live for starters - Scarborough!!! Then just down the road, we have Brighton and Margate!! WORLDS apart from their British counterparts!! |
Re: Ironic place names
Originally Posted by Notts_bloke
(Post 6051347)
Name the ironic place names (UK and Aus) that are beautiful in one country and not so beautiful in the other. I will start with
Penrith! Can anyone else think of any? Never been the US one but I'm hazarding a guess it couldn't be less welcoming. |
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Brighton, Tasmania
Brighton, East Sussex. |
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Newport...rather nice here if a bit industrialised
Newport, Gwent..... |
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London England
London Ontario you can guess which one is big & dirty for yourself. ;) |
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ohhh thought of another within Melbourne
Camberwell- v posh here Camberwell London- the pits |
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Originally Posted by Vim Fuego
(Post 6051368)
Paris, France ... Paris, Texas.
Never been the US one but I'm hazarding a guess it couldn't be less welcoming. |
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Sorrento, Perth and Sorrento, Italy.
But the best one.....York, WA, York UK!!! Come to think of it there are many. And Australia loses out on every one I think. (poss. apart from Swansea, TAS and Sheffield TAS) |
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Hollond park in london
Hollond Park in Brisbane, I know which area I rather have my house in, like my brother does, in london. |
Re: Ironic place names
Originally Posted by NKSK version 2
(Post 6051433)
Sorrento, Perth and Sorrento, Italy.
But the best one.....York, WA, York UK!!! Come to think of it there are many. And Australia loses out on every one I think. (poss. apart from Swansea, TAS and Sheffield TAS) Sorrento Gold coast Qld. |
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Originally Posted by chris and farideh
(Post 6051435)
Sorrento Gold coast Qld.
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Southport,Merseyside.
About which, Morrissey wrote... Trudging slowly over wet sand Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen This is the coastal town That they forgot to close down Armageddon - come armageddon! Come, armageddon! come! Everyday is like sunday Everyday is silent and grey Hide on the promenade Etch a postcard : How I dearly wish I was not here In the seaside town ...that they forgot to bomb Come, come, come - nuclear bomb Everyday is like sunday Everyday is silent and grey Trudging back over pebbles and sand And a strange dust lands on your hands (and on your face...) (on your face ...) (on your face ...) (on your face ...) Everyday is like sunday Win yourself a cheap tray Share some greased tea with me Everyday is like Sunday. Southport,Gold Coast. Beautiful holiday destination. |
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Paradise Island, Bahamas...NOT
Swastika, Ontario - in the heart of German Mennonite country |
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Newcastle - probably a tie (NSW and Northumberland)
Cambridge UK beats Cambridge Mass IMHO Camden London probably ahead of Camden NSW Melbourn Cambridge vs Melbourne Vic - hmmm hard one:sneaky: |
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