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Just be glad they didn't send you to Paris TX or Rome, GA. Edit: I forgot Memphis, TN.

fma 6y ago
As a Georgia resident...we have Rome, Ga AND Athens Ga so you can take a nice trip through European cities a few hours apart. And a Gainesville, Ga not to be confused with a Gainesville, Florida. We also have a Houston County...which is not pronounced the same as Houston, Texas (it is pronounced like house-ten) Also a Decatur, GA not to be confused with Decatur, Alabama. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
- ThinkingGuy 6y ago
  We're also home to not one, but two Buckheads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead,_Georgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead,_Georgia
- quercusa 6y ago
  There's also Cairo, not to be confused with Illinois or Egypt, as well as Albany (not to be confused with NY).
  - Qworg 6y ago
    Different pronunciations - if you're going to kay-row, you're going to Illinois.
    - quercusa 6y ago
      The GA one was apparently named after the IL one, so it's pronounced the same way.
    - jsight 6y ago
      The one in Georgia is pronounced that way too.
    - perl4ever 6y ago
      Cairo-Durham in upstate NY is also kay-row.
  - pardavis 6y ago
    The one in Georgia is pronounced Al-binny. Sometimes Awwl-binn-eeh.
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- userbinator 6y ago
  ...and of course Georgia is also a country on the other side of the world. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2603182/South-Ossetia-conflict-Concerned-US-citizen-gets-her-Georgias-confused.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/260...
- timoth 6y ago
  The US is teeming with UK or UK-inspired place names for obvious reasons. Here's the Georgia section on the list of US places with an English name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name#Georgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States... It's a pretty lengthy page and is unlikely to be exhaustive. It can be a bit of a minefield though. For example, that page lists Boston Georgia, but according to the top of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._places_named_after_non-U.S._places#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._places_named_afte... Boston, Georgia is named after a person, not the location in England.
- madcaptenor 6y ago
  And Decatur isn't in Decatur County. It's in DeKalb county (and the L is silent).
matthewaveryusa 6y ago
You laugh, but I had an interview with some airforce people for some scholarship money. Living in Paris France they scheduled me for a phone interview with someone in Paris Texas. Needless to say we missed each other with the timezone difference.
abrowne 6y ago
Or St Petersburg, Florida. And on the way back, not to Minneapolis, KS!
tshaddox 6y ago
We also had plenty of those around where I grew up in Missouri. Visitors always got a kick out of this road sign: https://goo.gl/maps/FyJZdXuKDv8LKbhm7 https://goo.gl/maps/FyJZdXuKDv8LKbhm7 Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/uW3yzWj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uW3yzWj.jpg

fma 6y ago

As a Georgia resident...we have Rome, Ga AND Athens Ga so you can take a nice trip through European cities a few hours apart. And a Gainesville, Ga not to be confused with a Gainesville, Florida. We also have a Houston County...which is not pronounced the same as Houston, Texas (it is pronounced like house-ten) Also a Decatur, GA not to be confused with Decatur, Alabama. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

ThinkingGuy 6y ago
We're also home to not one, but two Buckheads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead,_Georgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhead,_Georgia
quercusa 6y ago
There's also Cairo, not to be confused with Illinois or Egypt, as well as Albany (not to be confused with NY).
- Qworg 6y ago
  Different pronunciations - if you're going to kay-row, you're going to Illinois.
  - quercusa 6y ago
    The GA one was apparently named after the IL one, so it's pronounced the same way.
  - jsight 6y ago
    The one in Georgia is pronounced that way too.
  - perl4ever 6y ago
    Cairo-Durham in upstate NY is also kay-row.
- pardavis 6y ago
  The one in Georgia is pronounced Al-binny. Sometimes Awwl-binn-eeh.
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userbinator 6y ago
...and of course Georgia is also a country on the other side of the world. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2603182/South-Ossetia-conflict-Concerned-US-citizen-gets-her-Georgias-confused.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/260...
timoth 6y ago
The US is teeming with UK or UK-inspired place names for obvious reasons. Here's the Georgia section on the list of US places with an English name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name#Georgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States... It's a pretty lengthy page and is unlikely to be exhaustive. It can be a bit of a minefield though. For example, that page lists Boston Georgia, but according to the top of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._places_named_after_non-U.S._places#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._places_named_afte... Boston, Georgia is named after a person, not the location in England.
madcaptenor 6y ago
And Decatur isn't in Decatur County. It's in DeKalb county (and the L is silent).

matthewaveryusa 6y ago

You laugh, but I had an interview with some airforce people for some scholarship money. Living in Paris France they scheduled me for a phone interview with someone in Paris Texas. Needless to say we missed each other with the timezone difference.

abrowne 6y ago

Or St Petersburg, Florida. And on the way back, not to Minneapolis, KS!

tshaddox 6y ago

We also had plenty of those around where I grew up in Missouri. Visitors always got a kick out of this road sign: https://goo.gl/maps/FyJZdXuKDv8LKbhm7 https://goo.gl/maps/FyJZdXuKDv8LKbhm7 Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/uW3yzWj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uW3yzWj.jpg