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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 c

by 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).

by fma 6y ago

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).