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Translated placenames

  • 07-12-2008 3:58am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    A couple of interesting maps, depicting placenames translated into modern English.
    British Isles

    North America

    So glad I don't live in "stink onion"


Comments

  • #2
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    Tee hee, or Sibling Love.


  • #3
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Mmm....House of Bread!!
    I wanna live there...


  • #4
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    northern westland ha ha


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Imagine living in "Bright Helmets Town" :)


  • #6
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    Deleted User wrote: »
    British Isles

    Its the North Atlantic Isles now! :eek:

    (Head explodes in frustration)


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  • #7
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    I think London's wrong... Is that not meant to be the Fort of Lud (some Celtic God). Lyon's the same.


  • #8
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    anonymous_joe wrote: »
    I think London's wrong... Is that not meant to be the Fort of Lud (some Celtic God). Lyon's the same.

    Depends from exactly whos names they're translated from tbh, different tribes and people has different names for everywhere.

    But those damn spear folk have been running after me up and down the motherland all day :pac:


  • #9
    giggsy664
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭giggsy664


    Wild boar land -> new wild boar land

    "Oxford" now THATS original


  • #10
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    virgin land hehe


  • #11
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    lol @ evloution:

    past: Breast hill castle
    Present: Manchester
    Future: Moobville

    :D


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