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BsFan t1_iye8o73 wrote

Must be wild for someone to come to Massachusetts from England and know the names of almost every town around them.

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sihtydaernacuoytihsy t1_iye9svt wrote

Sure, but the emotional valences are all fucked. "I'm from Chelsea" rings different, na' mean?

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Ex-Pat-Spaz t1_iyfc56c wrote

It’s even more wild to come from Massachusetts moved to England and surprise everyone of them by being able to pronounce the names correctly unlike most Americans.

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tacknosaddle t1_iyetc9r wrote

Definitely. A college friend from England came home with me and was weirded out when the highway sign listed a town from next to where he went to school and as he kept seeing other familiar place names.

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simolaw t1_iyf98e2 wrote

Yep we're there over Christmas...from the cathedral city of Lincoln here in the UK

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