Take the English Place Name Test
Aug 6, 2017 08:13:13 #
England has some towns with strange names. See if you can tell the real from the unreal. I got 58% right.
http://gizmodo.com/can-you-distinguish-these-real-british-places-from-fake-1797540054
http://gizmodo.com/can-you-distinguish-these-real-british-places-from-fake-1797540054
Aug 6, 2017 08:17:31 #
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Aug 6, 2017 11:19:41 #
I said yes to all, I still can't figure out what quid, quida, a pound, a nich, a chinning and the rest of the money is much less spell or pronounce them.
Aug 6, 2017 11:40:28 #
Aug 6, 2017 13:35:09 #
Leo Perez wrote:
I said yes to all, I still can't figure out what quid, quida, a pound, a nich, a chinning and the rest of the money is much less spell or pronounce them.
You should have visited when they had pounds, shillings, and pence. That was a challenge to figure out.
Aug 6, 2017 14:38:09 #
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Aug 6, 2017 15:07:34 #
Doddy wrote:
Winning so far..91%
You live there, and you missed 9% of them? Shame!
Aug 6, 2017 15:30:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You live there, and you missed 9% of them? Shame!
I didn't want to be seen as a big head jerry..
Aug 6, 2017 16:02:05 #
Doddy wrote:
I didn't want to be seen as a big head jerry..
Understood!
Aug 7, 2017 07:07:10 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You should have visited when they had pounds, shillings, and pence. That was a challenge to figure out.
And halfpennies + farthings. But just about everybody was good at mental arithmetic!
Aug 7, 2017 07:10:02 #
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