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Fun fact: Celts were originally central European, but the British Isles and Brittany were the only places Celtic culture survived the Romans.
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If only I had the self-confidence of the guy who went to Australia and said "this place is called New South Wales now."
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Yes, Wales is generally divided into North, Mid and South (and Corner, as in Cornwall). South Wales generally corresponds with the former Kingdom of Deheubarth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deheubarth?wprov=sfla1 Deheubarth was punished for rebelling against Engkand in 1282 by being divided into the three counties of South Wales. Referring to it as South Wales rather than south Wales is a miniature act of rebellion in itself; the Welsh government styles it capitalised to emphasise that historical distinction; the Britsh government uses lower case to erase the distinction.Interesting, I wasn't aware that Wales was historically disunited like that, but I suppose that other than the location, having a different language and one of the more interesting flags, I dont know a ton about it. I suppose I just assumed that it was a singular kingdom before being invaded by the English at some point.
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Fantasy world names: scadrial, Pallimustus, Vulcan, Tatoine Real planet names by locals: DirtIt was called "Earth" because we needed to distinguish it from Sky and Water, which were totally different things.
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Naming my main character "Alexander" and every time I visit a city I tell the DM to refer to it as "Alexandria" going forward.
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Fun fact: Celts were originally central European, but the British Isles and Brittany were the only places Celtic culture survived the Romans.
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Yes, Wales is generally divided into North, Mid and South (and Corner, as in Cornwall). South Wales generally corresponds with the former Kingdom of Deheubarth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deheubarth?wprov=sfla1 Deheubarth was punished for rebelling against Engkand in 1282 by being divided into the three counties of South Wales. Referring to it as South Wales rather than south Wales is a miniature act of rebellion in itself; the Welsh government styles it capitalised to emphasise that historical distinction; the Britsh government uses lower case to erase the distinction.
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Sometimes name it after a person, or some shit that went down there, especially if its not someplace important. Like its not the nightmare town, there's nothing particular about it. So it's susanstown, and attempts to discover local lore would find stories about the ancient founder that have been embellished over the years.
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>- Shark bay >- Great Sandy Desert >- Little Sandy Desert >- Snowy Mountains Lol these sound like Super Mario Bros levelsThey'd probably go with Sandy Sandy Desert.
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The Powerpuff Girls happened in Australia‽‽
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Yer da sells Avon.
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My d&d game tends to work better when I just name things like “The Nightmare Wood” and “The Old Hills”. The simplicity somehow lands harder.My friends don't know anything about my hometown, so I just name everything after old street names or old parts of town. - Cabbageford - Countsclearing - Blackstakes - Turnpike - Holyspring - Stepsstream - Canyard - Cattlestream Valley - On The Height - Cottagevill - Stalkpond - Firecreek - Meadowsmill - Sticks - Bogbrook - Bogbridge - Kingsroad - Goldenworth It feels incredibly realistic, because it is.
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Fun fact: copper got its roman name because the main exporter of that good in ye classic times was the island of Cyprus (Kyprus, cuprum)
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It was called "Earth" because we needed to distinguish it from Sky and Water, which were totally different things.
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There is an urban legend that when the Swedish map makers came to Finland the locals would mess with them when asked what a pace was called and that is why so many place names have “vittu” or “perse” etc. in them.Also they named Turku just Åbo. Åbo. Swedish "å" is an entire word meaning; a river, a creek, a big stream "Bo" bo n **a dwelling** (of an animal), especially a bird's nest fågelbo bird’s nest att bygga bo to build a nest / to nest ("build nest" – idiomatic phrasing) (poetic, extended from sense 1) **a home** sätta bo settle down So it's a three letter word basically saying river-dwelling I think rather than ask Finns what a place was named they just named them themselves. Perhaps because they were tired of the locals calling everything shit and piss. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
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I knew I wasn't going to have to link this. "'Wales'...? Really, sir?" "Oh, yes. Don't you think?" "What, the vast terra incognito with fauna and flora hitherto undreamt of by sights puts you in mind nothing so much as... *Rhyl*...?" "No, of course not. Not **North** Wales. That's ridiculous, it's nothing like **North** Wales."
