Canal archive Posted December 18, 2023 #2901 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Daisi ohhh wow now I can add Father Christmas as a tree topper, well done for keeping him going. 🌟 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDVIK2016 Posted December 19, 2023 #2902 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 12/17/2023 at 1:39 PM, notamermaid said: We have a tradition of the Rauschgoldengel (which came from Nuremberg), but I think most people put the bauble style top on the tree. I have not decided on my tree topper yet, I will choose one of the two bauble ones I have got (I may be persuaded to change my mind by the family). Anyway, this year is different as for the first time in many years it will be a real fir tree! notamermaid I would love to have a Rauschgoldengel, but it would be so much more satisfying to buy it in Nürnberg, especially at the Christkindlmarkt and ideally if we could be there for the Prolog when the Christkind opens the market. Realistically that may not happen for us, but we can maintain the hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted December 20, 2023 #2903 Share Posted December 20, 2023 We have storm warnings for the whole of Germany, especially around the coasts, heavy rain, and over Christmas flooding may return to the Rhine valley. White Christmas? Naah, wet Christmas. Not fun. Many folks are ill, including some of my team at work, or cranky. I got so annoyed with a woman at a food stall today about her treatment of me and her attitude towards the food she was preparing for me, I complained heavily, yes I can shout when I want to (and nearly did). I am stressed too and not in the best of mood but try to be civil at all times. Not sure why that is but the male species seem to keep their nerve before Christmas better. Seriously. notamermaid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted December 21, 2023 #2904 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Off to celebrate my little (both shorter and younger) sister’s 50TH wedding anniversary today. She lives just outside and between two of the biggest sea cruise ports in the U.K. Southampton and Portsmouth. I know there’s a Portsmouth in the USA is there a Southampton? I’m a Portsmouth aka Pompey football supporter and my DH is a Southampton aka Saints supporter and yes okay we’re still married after over 50 years! (Rivals, just a bit). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted December 21, 2023 #2905 Share Posted December 21, 2023 We have a Southampton in Ontario on the shore of Lake Huron. (One of the Great Lakes) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted December 21, 2023 #2906 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Still my favourite fun geography trip I have not got round to doing yet: driving from Boston to New York in a car in 20 minutes. Both are small places in Lincolnshire, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Lincolnshire In Germany we do not share many geography names with the Anglophone countries but one I know well (no pun intended with the word). I have been to both Welling in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Welling in Southeast London. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted December 21, 2023 #2907 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Southampton, New York is one of the towns that make up the Hamptons (some of the most expensive real estate in the country) on Long Island. Portsmouth, Virginia is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, Hampton (named after the 3rd earl of Southampton) Roads. Other cities in Hampton Roads include Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Newport News. It is home of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. There is also a Portsmouth, New Hampshire which according to Wikipedia "A was named "Portsmouth" in honor of the colony's founder, John Mason. He had been captain of the English port of Portsmouth, Hampshire, after which New Hampshire is named." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare UDChE89 Posted December 21, 2023 #2908 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, notamermaid said: Still my favourite fun geography trip I have not got round to doing yet: driving from Boston to New York in a car in 20 minutes. Both are small places in Lincolnshire, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Lincolnshire In Germany we do not share many geography names with the Anglophone countries but one I know well (no pun intended with the word). I have been to both Welling in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Welling in Southeast London. notamermaid There are a fair number of German place names in the US with the most common one being Berlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted December 21, 2023 Author #2909 Share Posted December 21, 2023 7 hours ago, notamermaid said: Still my favourite fun geography trip I have not got round to doing yet: driving from Boston to New York in a car in 20 minutes. Both are small places in Lincolnshire, England. My DW tries to do that in the US! 😅 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted December 21, 2023 #2910 Share Posted December 21, 2023 49 minutes ago, UDChE89 said: There are a fair number of German place names in the US with the most common one being Berlin Ah yes, the imports in the US that have stayed the same. Had forgotten about those. There is of course New Brunswick in Canada but that is an altered word. I know mostly of altered words or new names, like Bethlehem founded by the Moravians from Germany. It is very stormy here now with quite a bit of rain, some small hail mixed in. Glad that I am inside my home and do not have to travel. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted December 21, 2023 Author #2911 Share Posted December 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, notamermaid said: Ah yes, the imports in the US that have stayed the same. Sometimes we keep the same spelling, but change the pronunciation. Cairo, Illinois ['kay-row'] Milan [MY-lan'] But sometimes the government gets is wrong. Vienna, Illinois is pronounced 'vy-AN-uh' – but the pronunciation is correct and the spelling is wrong! The founders agreed to name the town after the first child born there. The first birth was twins: Vy and Anna. When the US Geologic Survey came through, those Ivy League know it alls decided to correct the rubes' ignorance. But as we know now, there's no ignorance like Ivy League ignorance! [Wikipedia agrees that Vienna, IL was not named after the Austrian capital, but doesn't have a source. My source, my uncle who was a font of knowledge about Southern Illinois, is no longer alive to repeat the story. But I know it's true!] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted December 21, 2023 #2912 Share Posted December 21, 2023 39 minutes ago, notamermaid said: Ah yes, the imports in the US that have stayed the same. Had forgotten about those. There is of course New Brunswick in Canada but that is an altered word. I know mostly of altered words or new names, like Bethlehem founded by the Moravians from Germany. It is very stormy here now with quite a bit of rain, some small hail mixed in. Glad that I am inside my home and do not have to travel. notamermaid Canada had a Berlin (not far from Toronto) but it was renamed to Kitchener in 1916. We also have New Hamburg (not far from Kitchener). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare franski Posted December 22, 2023 #2913 Share Posted December 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said: Sometimes we keep the same spelling, but change the pronunciation. Cairo, Illinois ['kay-row'] Milan [MY-lan'] The one that always gets me is "Ver-sales" (Versailles) Kentucky!! Fran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare franski Posted December 22, 2023 #2914 Share Posted December 22, 2023 21 hours ago, Canal archive said: Off to celebrate my little (both shorter and younger) sister’s 50TH wedding anniversary today. She lives just outside and between two of the biggest sea cruise ports in the U.K. Southampton and Portsmouth. I know there’s a Portsmouth in the USA is there a Southampton? I’m a Portsmouth aka Pompey football supporter and my DH is a Southampton aka Saints supporter and yes okay we’re still married after over 50 years! (Rivals, just a bit). Just back from the UK a couple of months ago and loved the time in Yorkshire. It was always fun when people asked where I was from - and I answered "Whitby...Canada". And it was interesting that Scarborough was just down the road there - as it is here!! Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted December 22, 2023 #2915 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Ah Whitby & Scarborough both famous for their excellent seafood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted December 22, 2023 #2916 Share Posted December 22, 2023 16 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said: Sometimes we keep the same spelling, but change the pronunciation. Cairo, Illinois ['kay-row'] Milan [MY-lan'] In Minnesota, we have a Montevideo, but it is pronounced MON-ta-VIH-dee-o (as in audio/video). A few years back, something happened there that made the national news, and it was funny hearing them pronounce it MON-ti-vi-DAY-o, as in the capital of Uruguay.😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted December 22, 2023 #2917 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Okay this side of the ‘POND’ your side of the ‘POND’ I’m glad to see it works en-country and all pronounciations are ‘ vice La difference fantastic it works around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted December 22, 2023 #2918 Share Posted December 22, 2023 My cousin teaches in a town in Ont. called Baden, so if we go visit, we tour. We've found Luxemburg, (New) Hamburg, Mannheim, (New) Dundee, Paris, Oxford (Centre), Washington & Boston so far, but there are many more. So many European names in Canada as that's where most of us came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted December 22, 2023 #2919 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Darn predictive not vice but viva. I taught my Girl Guides map reading by comparing place names and finding strange and or weird place names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted December 22, 2023 #2920 Share Posted December 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Daisi said: My cousin teaches in a town in Ont. called Baden, so if we go visit, we tour. We've found Luxemburg, (New) Hamburg, Mannheim, (New) Dundee, Paris, Oxford (Centre), Washington & Boston so far, but there are many more. So many European names in Canada as that's where most of us came from. Daisi, Make sure you get to Punkydoodle's Corners, just west of New Hamburg on the way to Shakespeare and Stratford . Or drive south toward Lake Erie to Copenhagen. Lots to discover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted December 22, 2023 #2921 Share Posted December 22, 2023 @Ritabob yes, we've been to both those areas. We hate highways, so back roads and a couple of hours give us lots of interesting places to discover. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted December 22, 2023 #2922 Share Posted December 22, 2023 54 minutes ago, Daisi said: @Ritabob yes, we've been to both those areas. We hate highways, so back roads and a couple of hours give us lots of interesting places to discover. 🙂 In western England we saw probably 30 town-names that were also towns in Massachusetts where we live--too many to list here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted December 22, 2023 #2923 Share Posted December 22, 2023 We live here in the west of the U.K. and travelling through both Canada & USA especially when we first crossed the great divide and using the map supplied by the car hire companies was the most amazing and history learning experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted December 22, 2023 #2924 Share Posted December 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Canal archive said: We live here in the west of the U.K. and travelling through both Canada & USA especially when we first crossed the great divide and using the map supplied by the car hire companies was the most amazing and history learning experience. Yes, there are certainly some "interesting" names for towns in both Canada & the USA. I know Newfoundland and Labrador, and Pennsylvania have some very good ones. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted December 23, 2023 #2925 Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 2:38 PM, UDChE89 said: There are a fair number of German place names in the US with the most common one being Berlin Our post office address here in NJ. 8 hours ago, Daisi said: Yes, there are certainly some "interesting" names for towns in both Canada & the USA. I know Newfoundland and Labrador, and Pennsylvania have some very good ones. 🙂 One of my favorite place names in Pennsylvania is King of Prussia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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