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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

Now you know those little towns and villages with people sometimes inhabit dressed with the black clothes and buckles? Usually as a part of thanksgiving memes? Like I think Puritans is what they're called back in early colonial days, what are the kind of names you'ld name villages/towns/cities in that era for that region?

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

You could look at a map of New England...?

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

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Posted by Jeorge (Member # 11524) on :

I saw the title, and thought, "Hey, I live in Newengland - this might be interesting!"

But I can't spend time parsing the original post to obtain meaning out of it; taxes are due today.

Posted by Jeorge (Member # 11524) on :

However, speaking of New England names...I live within an hour's drive of all the following places:

Norway
Sweden
Lisbon
Paris
China
Mexico
Peru
Carthage

It takes me a couple hours to get to:

Moscow
Belfast
Madrid

Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :

Simple, look at a map of Old England. Pick a town.

EDIT: Voila!

-Bok

EDIT: I usually never make that mistake

[ April 15, 2009, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: Bokonon ]

Posted by Jeorge (Member # 11524) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Bokonon:

Viola!

Q: What's the difference between a viola and an onion?

A: No one cries when you chop up a viola.

Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :

Adjective (Random Letters or Name)-suffix

Adjective: New, Little, South

Random Letters: Lon-, Hamp-, Coven-, Smith-, William-

Suffix: -shire, -ton, -don, -borough, -ly, -try

--j_k

Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :

Do you want the name of an actual colony town or just something that sounds like it so you don't have to learn about a real place. If you are looking for the former, try "Plimouth".

If the lastter, do what Bokonon said. Most New England towns are names of places in England or named after a Native American tribe. The towns founded in that time still retain their names today. The ones that are really old are now the big cities. Like Boston.