| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 24 11:32AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > I think one of the interesting cases is where a sizable city over here > > is named for a much less populous place in Britain or elsewhere. Boston, > > Portland, and the other Portland come to mind immediately. Dan Tilque: > Portland in England is not a town, but rather a peninsula that they call > an island. It's the Portland in Oregon that's much larger than the one > in Maine.) Which in turn is much larger (in population) than the one in England. > the one with the greatest ratio of populations is probably Calgary. > Don't know this for sure, because the one in Scotland is essentially a > rural area... Huh. I hadn't even heard of it. -- Mark Brader, | "There is no silver bullet, because not every Toronto, msb@vex.net | problem is a werewolf." -- Damian Conway |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Dec 24 05:42PM On 2016-12-24 17:32:23 +0000, Mark Brader said: >> Don't know this for sure, because the one in Scotland is essentially a >> rural area... > Huh. I hadn't even heard of it. I live in Holland pop. approx 500. -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 24 06:52PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:l-OdnSi5lZwqKsHFnZ2dnUU7- > Warning: the three cities won't necessarily be the largest or most > famous ones along that river. > 1. Basel, Strasbourg, Bonn. Rhine > 2. Waterloo, Cambridge, Paris. Seine > 3. Bismarck, Omaha, Kansas City. Missouri > 4. Regensburg, Bratislava, Belgrade. Danube > 5. Geneva, Lyon, Arles. Rhone > 6. Prince George, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge. Yukon; Mackenzie > 7. Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis. Mississippi > 8. Turin, Piacenza, Cremona. Po > 9. Dresden, Wittenberg, Hamburg. Elbe > 10. Revelstoke, Portland, Astoria. Columbia > 1. Ranked #25. The BBC started the century early, in 2000, the > year this film was made. Christopher Nolan directs Guy Pearce > and Carrie-Anne Moss in a story about an amnesiac avenger. Captain America > vision is based on. Clive Owen's character tries to save > a baby in a world where most women have become infertile. > Alfonso Cuarón directs. The Handmaid's Tale > 3. Ranked #2. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung play neighbors drawing > closer, but the real stars are the leading lady's cheongsam > dresses. Wong Kar-Wai directed this 2000 release. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo > strikes oil. The Washington Post called this 2007 film > "a sprawling, half-mad testament to greed, industry, moral > hypocrisy, and ballyhoo". There Will Be Blood > 6. Ranked #1. In 2001, David Lynch turned a rejected TV pilot > into a feature film starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. > It's named for a road in Los Angeles. Mulholland Drive > 8. Ranked #24. Philip Seymour Hoffman is married to Amy Adams > but still curiously interested in Joaquin Phoenix. Paul Thomas > Anderson directs this 2012 story of a cult called the Cause. Raising Arizona > Richard Linklater's film takes Mason from Grade 1 to the end > of high school. Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and Ellar > Coltrane star. Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 24 11:27AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: >> an island. It's the Portland in Oregon that's much larger than the one >> in Maine.) > Which in turn is much larger (in population) than the one in England. My point was that the one in England is not a city. I was only counting places named after cities or towns, not geographic features. So as far as I'm concerned, it's right out. -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 24 11:58AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> Don't know this for sure, because the one in Scotland is essentially a >> rural area and Wikipedia doesn't give a population for it. > We should not forget Lima! I disagree! That place is emminently forgettable. > Of course, most likely the coincidence in name with the Peruvian capital is > incidental. Very much so. The Peruvian Lima is a name derived from a Quechuan word. There are places in the US named Lima, at least one of which (in Ohio) is named for the one in Peru. It's pronounced differently though. -- Dan Tilque |
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