Patrick Stokes @patstokes.bsky.social

Look at these place names. Absolutely made-up country.

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Patrick Stokes @patstokes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

If you ever get to catch a regional train in the UK, spend a few minutes reading the place names on the timetable. Both the most ridiculous density of place names and the place names are all preposterous. Heard of Wednesbury before? Of course not, no-one has, but it's been there the whole time.

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everybody is a cat on the internet @nepenthe.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 05:06 UTC

Playing the England map is my favourite thing to do on Geoguessr for this reason exactly.

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Splodge @schnoodles.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:10 UTC

Scunthorpe fner fner fner.

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 02:55 UTC

All countries are made up, Patrick.

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phyphor @phyphor.one-dash.org [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:04 UTC

Relevant TikTok (but a YouTube short because that's easier to find using search):
youtube.com/shorts/u6uE9...

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