On 21/05/2012 02:29, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "Bob W"
Our travel plans are gradually turning from liquid phase to a gel, and
we're going to be in York (as in UK, not Pennsylvania!*) 16-17 June.
You've caught "London, England Syndrome":
<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/brysons-america-were-going-
to-dumb-down-the-american-way-1186816.html>
He's almost got a point about being dumb in America. But, I'm pretty
sure if he wears a hat no one will notice it. I could feel my IQ being
siphoned away just reading his drivel.
I don't think the damage is permanent; just have get some brain exercise
- a couple of NY Times cross-word puzzles should do the trick.
According to Google Answers, there are 18 places in the United States
named "London". Wikipedia has entries for 8 of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_%28disambiguation%29
I didn't try to count how many instances of "New London" there are in
the US. Or "Paris".
Don't forget the rip offs of New York
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=55.024996,-1.485214&spn=0.018868,0.038581&t=m&z=15
Washington
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=54.898057,-1.516414&spn=0.018928,0.038581&t=m&z=15
Philadelphia
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=54.862382,-1.485043&spn=0.018945,0.038581&t=m&z=15
And just to stop the Canadians crowing, there is Quebec
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=54.787943,-1.713395&spn=0.01898,0.038581&t=m&z=15
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