I come from the Land of Two Random Letters

[Javed]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I like the longer names better:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiu rehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan atahu (105 letters), a hill, has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name in the world. It is shortened as "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuaki tanatahu" (57 letters) in the New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. The name is translated into English as "The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea — who was blown hither from afar, had a circumcised penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land — to his beloved."

Great name and interesting about the circumcised flute player with grazed knees.

I wonder if anyone in MR is from
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiu rehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan atahu (haven't seen it in any profiles).

[Nate the great]

There are times that times thta I tell people I'm from here:

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I find it fun trying to find out where people come from.

That's it, we need a map, with push pins in it for where everyone lives!!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Listing location is totally voluntary, and many would prefer to keep their anonymity.

I note that you're doing so.

By the way, what what has Arizona ever done to you, that you'd like us all to give it a surprise?

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by dsvick

That's it, we need a map, with push pins in it for where everyone lives!!

And we've had one for a while now.
Go to "Quick Links" on the blue bar towrads the top of the page, then click on "frappr map", which is the last option.

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I note that you're doing so.

By the way, what what has Arizona ever done to you, that you'd like us all to give it a surprise?

Yep. I have no problem showing my location.

When we first heard the name, I thought it was a joke. But then I realized if a town could have a name like "Truth or Consequences" Surprise wasn't all that bad!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_o...es,_New_Mexico

edit:...............this wouldn't be our "Ralph Edwards" Would it?

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Patricia

And we've had one for a while now.
Go to "Quick Links" on the blue bar towrads the top of the page, then click on "frappr map", which is the last option.

Wow, would you look at that! I need to be more inquisitive.

Thanks Patricia

[pshrynk]

Wisconsin is Wisconsin's Siberia.

For those who, up to this point, really never cared to know where America keeps its leftover chili and that little lump of ice crystals that may, at one time, have been something digestible, but is now on its way to being something that future archeologists will ponder over, The IceBox, aka Wisconsin, is right under the really big blue thing in the center of the map of North America. (At the top in maps drawn for our littluns, can't be confusing them with actual geography, now.) If you squint just right, it looks like the back of a left handed mitten. We have duck tours in the summer months.

[sakura-panda]

I always make a point of spelling out Michigan, because I think it looks nicer than "MI", but now I'm wondering if I should be including "USA", as well.

That isn't a big thing, I can do that. Thanks for pointing it out! A little extra clarity doesn't hurt, if there is space for it.

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

A little extra clarity doesn't hurt, if there is space for it.

Even better, let's go for max clarity and use latitude and longitude. Instead of saying "Northeast Ohio" I'll say...

41.415569 North
82.048044 West

Not helping am I....

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

edit:...............this wouldn't be our "Ralph Edwards" Would it?

Unless he managed to type from the afterlife... I'd say no, as that Ralph Edwards has been dead for over 4 years!

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Even better, let's go for max clarity and use latitude and longitude. Instead of saying "Northeast Ohio" I'll say...

41.415569 North
82.048044 West

Not helping am I....

53.353041 North
6.849772 East

It does show on which side of the big pond you live!

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Even better, let's go for max clarity and use latitude and longitude. Instead of saying "Northeast Ohio" I'll say...

41.415569 North
82.048044 West

Not helping am I....

Not so much, no.

[Wetdogeared]

Well, I'm from Vanouver BC.
I should have updated it to Vancouver AD a while back, but I'm lazy.
Better yet, let's take time out of the equation and settle on Vancouver, Canada.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by RCR

I must be feeling especially grumpy this morning because I'm no longer going to hold my tongue. I want to have a rant about something that's been bugging me for a long long time -

It's folk who introduce themselves as "Hello, I'm from Everytown, ZX."

Whenever I want to know about a place name I look it up. A number of European members have an obscure county, district, or village as their location. Wikipedia usually gives the best answer.