Geography word game

by **Ivan** Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:42 pm

First topic message reminder :

Name a geographical landmark that starts with the last letter of the place listed before it. (Can be anywhere in the world.)

So - Whitby Abbey could be followed by York Minster.

'R' landmark anyone?

by Guest Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:47 pm

Alabama

(I've already done Arizona and Arkansas, and someone else did Alaska)

by **Phil Hornby** Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:55 pm

Alresford

by Charlatan Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:05 pm

Detroit

by Guest Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:08 pm

Timbuktu

Timbuctoo

(both are corect)

by oftenwrong Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:28 pm

either is correct, but not both.

Ulan Bator

by **Phil Hornby** Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:31 pm

Raith

by oftenwrong Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:42 pm

Harwich

by **Phil Hornby** Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:47 pm

Helensburgh

by Charlatan Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:42 pm

Hiedelberg

by Guest Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:13 am

RockOnBrother wrote:
Timbuktu

Timbuctoo

(both are corect)

oftenwrong wrote:
either is correct, but not both.

Ulan Bator

Both are correct.

Grand Prairie

(US or Canada)

by oftenwrong Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:43 am

Error of syntax. When referring to the two alternative forms of spelling, either of them is capable of being correct, depending upon circumstances and/or context, but not both of them simultaneously in the same context.

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/cm_bothand.htm

Word Game: Easterhouse

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/images_easterhouse.html

by Guest Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:34 am

RockOnBrother wrote:
Timbuktu

Timbuctoo

(both are corect)

oftenwrong wrote:
either is correct, but not both.

Ulan Bator

RockOnBrother wrote:
Both are correct.

oftenwrong wrote:
Error of syntax. When referring to the two alternative forms of spelling, either of them is capable of being correct, depending upon circumstances and/or context, but not both of them simultaneously in the same context.

Both are correct.

East Los Angeles

by **Phil Hornby** Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:17 pm

(One hates to take sides, but ow's explanation conveys the true position.)

Sunderland

by astra Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:48 pm

Dunkeld

by oftenwrong Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:12 pm

Dundalk

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocalMaps-g212094-Dundalk-Area.html

by jackthelad Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:40 pm

Kingston

Tim buck two, does it really matter how it was spelt so long as you know what it meant.

by **Phil Hornby** Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:24 pm

Tim and I a-hunting went
And spied three maidens in a tent
As they were three and we but two
I bucked one and Tim Bucked two....
( Can't recall the author-sorry!)

...and so to....Nairn

by astra Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:05 pm

Nybster

by oftenwrong Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:28 pm

Wiki say: Over the centuries, the spelling of Timbuktu has varied a great deal: from Tenbuch on the Catalan Atlas (1375), to traveller Antonio Malfante's Thambet, used in a letter he wrote in 1447 and also adopted by Alvise Cadamosto in his Voyages of Cadamosto, to Heinrich Barth's Timbúktu and Timbu'ktu. As well as its spelling, Timbuktu's etymology is still open to discussion.[2] At least four possible origins of the name of Timbuktu have been described.

word game> Nybster to

Rotherham

by Charlatan Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:49 am

Modderdam

by Guest Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:39 am

jackthelad wrote:
Tim buck two, does it really matter how it was spelt so long as you know what it meant.

In this game it does, as one spelling, “Timbuktu” (the spelling chosen by OW), ends in “u”, while the other spelling, “Timbuctoo”, ends in “o.” Both are correct; for this reason, I included both.

By the way, I’m with you. I prefer “Timbuctu”, which apparently is incorrect regardless of the fact that I’ve spelt it that way since nineteen something or the other, way back when “homey could hoop.”

“Em eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye humpback humpback eye”

Mississippi

by oftenwrong Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:58 am

Ipsala

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g1216544-Ipsala_Edirne_Province-Vacations.html

Observation: does it really matter how it was spelt so long as you know what it meant?

This is a spelling game, in the English language and for amusement, so let's not get too heavy. Some place-names will be a phonetic approximation of a local word which may be written in cyrilic script or arabic. It would be unnecessarily confusing to admit exotic (though accurate) spellings like Sevilla or Den Haag, (The Hague)

by Guest Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:02 am

Acadia (has that been done?)

Appalachia (in case Acadia has been done).

by **Phil Hornby** Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:11 am

Angus

by Guest Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:58 am

San Salvador

by **Phil Hornby** Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:09 pm

Renfrew

by Charlatan Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:35 pm

Western Georgia

by **Phil Hornby** Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:39 pm

Aberdour

by oftenwrong Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:02 pm

Redhill

by astra Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:32 pm

Longforgan

Between Perth and Dundee, when driving the bus, I asked a lady passenger where Short Forgan was. She looked at me as if I had suddenly grown 3 Heads!!! Very Happy

In the following 18 months she never did embark in any kind of conversation with me! I sometimes have to think she is re-incarnated in my avtar!

by oftenwrong Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:26 pm

... and I thought that I had problems.

by Charlatan Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:53 pm

Nigeria

by **Phil Hornby** Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:14 pm

Annan

by astra Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:14 pm

Nantucket

by **Phil Hornby** Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:38 pm

Tobermory

by Charlatan Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:46 pm

Ysterplaat

by astra Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:48 pm

Tongue

by oftenwrong Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:21 pm

I thought you'd promised NO tongues, but anyway ....

Erith

http://www.bexley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10377

by astra Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:30 pm

Yer takes what yer gets an' says nowt!

by Guest Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:18 am

Harrisburg

(Pennsylvania, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania)

by Charlatan Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:42 am

Guatemala

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