Monday 12 June 2017

PLACENAMES in WESTERN CANADA: REAL and FUNKY, versus Imaginary

WORDPLAY post #58
CARTOGRAPHY involving Canadian cities, towns and hamlets - real places where Canadians live. The real names were selected from thousands of such geographic identifiers because of their funkiness, i.e. amusing nature, based on implied or speculative meaning of the shorter English (and French words) comprising the geographic identifiers. The aim was to provide a set of REAL placenames, to which Scramble-Town Maps (imaginary placename sets based on anagrams), concocted by the author, could be compared. The current post is a continuation of ideas from posts #53 (Funky Inspiration for Word-Buffs),  #38 (Surprisingly High Approval Rate for REPUBLICANS), and #56 (Placenames in Atlantic Canada)
DATA, MAPS and GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COMPILED, and ANAGRAMS COMPOSED: by Giorgio Coniglio, June, 2017.




















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4 comments:

  1. Xave20 June 2017 at 11:31

    "Nice Slurp, Alberta" is definitely going to be a stop on my next tour.

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  2. Giorgio Coniglio21 June 2017 at 08:22

    Great! But be sure to avoid the unpleasant nearby village of Cruel Nips AB.

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  3. Andrew21 June 2017 at 18:14

    Nice! Though I'm surprised the republicans haven't yet privatized "Public Ear NS".

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  4. Giorgio Coniglio22 June 2017 at 22:48

    They have legislation in the works, I'm afraid. TY for your interest, Andrew!

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