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Saint John, New Brunswick and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador must confuse people too. I never remember which one is which without Googling it.
by smnrchrds 6y ago
Saint John, New Brunswick and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador must confuse people too. I never remember which one is which without Googling it.
- EponymousMoth 6y agoAm from Saint John. Every time I tell someone from away where I'm from, I make sure to tell them "The one without the 's'."
- hpkuarg 6y agoAin't John?
- CydeWeys 6y agoThere's also a St John, Virgin Islands.
- JacobDotVI 6y agoAnd St. John’s Antigua
- rriepe 6y agoIt's also one of Florida's most famous rivers, with the surrounding area going by the name.
- mxcrossr 6y agoImagine dressing for the Virgin Islands and ending up in Labrador
- mikewarot 6y agoSt John, Indiana is about 35 miles SSE of Chicago.
- theluketaylor 6y agoI personally know several people who have made that exact mistake, ending up in not just the wrong city but the wrong province by travelling to St John's when they meant to go to Saint John or vice versa.
- smnrchrds 6y agoIt's so easy to mix them up! Two cities, both in eastern Canada, in the only two provinces whose names start with New. To make it worse, both names translate to Saint-Jean in French. Iran has ~300 cities, town, and villages named Mohammadabad. Add Aliabad, Hasanabad, Hoseynabad, and Dehnow to the mix, and I don't know how people can find anywhere on the map. https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/longest-disambiguation-pages-on-wikipedia-an-investigation.html https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/longest-disambiguation-...
- klyrs 6y agoI attended a conference in St John's. Two of our plenary speakers ended up in New Brunswick. One missed their slot, the other was scheduled for day 2. This is a familiar problem, and the organizers PLASTERED the website with reminders to avoid NB. I'm told that the second s in St John's stands for screech. (or, I just came up with that mnemonic on the spot. we may never know)
- heresie-dabord 6y agoMnemonic: Newfoundland and Labrador = 2 entities => Saint John's New Brunswick = 1 entity => Saint John