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Originally Posted by skb
I can remember seeing a similar thing in Jane Austen: _shire (or similar, it's been a while).
Perhaps they didn't believe in making up names, so just put in blanks?
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Yes, I remember that too. Although she did name some places (like towns visited on a trip) I recall that she referred to the ____shire Militia. I wondered why she didn't just make up a name if she didn't want to use the name of a real-life militia.