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Years ago, I heard what I thought was the name of a play, "Western Super Mayor" was opening in the UK. A bit of checking and it turned out that it's the town of
by QAPereo 9y ago
Years ago, I heard what I thought was the name of a play, "Western Super Mayor" was opening in the UK. A bit of checking and it turned out that it's the town of, Weston-super-Mare; sort of a Latinized version of "Whatevertown-upon-Rivername."
I'm pretty sure that if you said, "Weston-super-Mare" to a random collection of Americans, virtually none of them would even recognize what you were saying.
- linksnapzz 9y agoI think that's where John Cleese is from, so this American knows it.
- dri_ft 9y ago> "Whatevertown-upon-Rivername." "Upon-sea", actually, but yes.
- QAPereo 9y agoOh they're seas?! I always (wrongly I guess) assumed that they were all rivers, like Tine, Avon, that kind of thing.
- jwdunne 9y agoAh, to clear confusion, here's some bits on Upon: Kingston upon Thames Newcastle upon Tyne Stratford upon Avon Berwick upon Tweed These are all rivers. Here's a cheat sheet to decipher British names: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_pla... Usually translates to something mundane. Weston literally means "West Town". EDIT: Got confused by parent wording - upon is used for the river but the above comment is correct: Weston super mare means "Weston upon sea", not that upon is reserved for seas
- mhh__ 9y agoWeston-super-mud (Weston-super-mare has mudflats)