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David_Dovey:
Also, Canadian (usually Inuit or other First Nations-derived) place names are as, if not more, funny that Australian place names. There's Kamloops, Mississauga, Shuswaps, Medicine Hat, Flin Flon, Banff, Wawa, Okotoks, hell even Ottawa is a pretty funny name when you think about it.

Barmymoo:
I have a feeling Banff is also in Scotland.


Yeah, just looked it up - it's named after the Banff in Scotland, the director of the Canadian Pacific Railway named it after his birthplace. How sweet.

Drill King:
I'll make a good post on this when I have more time.

But seriously, Nova Scotia rocks silly names

Tatamagouche
Pugwash
Merigomish Harbour
Shubenacadie
Wagmatcook
Whycocomagh
Pomquet and Afton
Wildcat
Guysborough
Pockwock
Pembroke
Passchendaele
Cheticamp
Miramichi
Musquodoboit Harbour
Nictaux
Yankeetown
Fauxburg
Weymouth

Like, come on, these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Do you know how unfair it is to grow up in this province and try and be 6 years old and list town names?

Barmymoo:
Pembroke and Weymouth are old family names and a seaside town, respectively, here. It is really odd how names get used over and over across the world.

Also Passchendaele is a famous duplicate.

Moral: humans are not great at coming up with new names.

David_Dovey:
I was really proud (no, I don't know why either) when I found out that Perth, Western Australia is the page Wikipedia goes to first when you type just "Perth" into the search bar. There's also Perth in Scotland, Perth in New Jersey, and



Perth in Ontario!

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