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[–] 79 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Hey, give them some credit, they have some diversity - there's place in europe, new place in europe, mispronounced place in europe, british ruler, catholic saint in spanish, american president, explorer related to america, and of course native american place/tribe, and random native american word

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  • [–] 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    I think you're just describing how the etymology of most named places works.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    In my country we name places after the surrounding area/environment. If it's an area with a big hill it will probably have a name to reflect that.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    I love visiting other areas "Old Barn Rd", and "Swamp Rd"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    These days you can't even tell the name comes from the area. They use old words to describe it. An area with a hill could be called a "Something-bjer". Bjer means hill and is close to the modern word Berg but if you don't know about it then you don't think about it.

    Sure, we could have old barn road. But I am not talking about roads. More like City names, local village names, local area names and such.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Gotcha.
    That's interesting, I've never heard of bjer before

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Unless you are from Sweden it's not that surprising you never heard about "bjer" haha. I only learned about it pretty recently and I am born and raised here 😅 The majority of people probably never think about why places are named the way they are

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    mispronounced place in europe

    Americans can't pronounce Illinois

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Kansas

    Arkansas

    Kansas

    Arkansas

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