There is an Egypt in Georgia.

[alphafemale]

Does your state have a holeinwall town place named for a much more exotic foreign land?

[In_The_Wind]

1. Climax in New York

[kentauros]

51. Climax, Texas, too.

We liked it so much, we had it twice!

Climax, Collin Co.
Climax, Nacogdoches Co.

I found all sorts of interesting places going through my old "The Roads of Texas" book

[In_The_Wind]

52. Texas is funny that way.

The back roads are where my heart feels at home.


It's nice to see you tonight.
I just had an interesting conversation (on the Bruce Springsteen/puppy thread) with a DUer who was curious about my sexual preferences. DU is so interesting.
By the way ~ did you notice the thread to honor the females of DU re: Lord Byron?

[kentauros]

55. I haven't seen the Lord Byron thread yet.

I'm still looking up Texas towns!

[In_The_Wind]

56. Over 30 views. I guess it isn't worth a bump.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018320811

[ananda]

2. Well, there is a Turkey, Texas.

But I get the feeling it might not be named after the country. LOL

There is also a Germany, Texas; a China, Texas; and a Sudan, Texas.

[NYC_SKP]

3. There's a Turkey in Uranus....

It's the Lounge, after all.

I'll be here all week. Try the veal, tip your waitstaff!

[In_The_Wind]

5. !

[onehandle]

4. Helen Ga is a replica of a Bavarian alpine town. nt

[alphafemale]

8. been there...it is lovely. nt

[RebelOne]

14. Me too. I live in Georgia and have been there many times.

I love it even though it is a bit touristy.

[bluedigger]

6. I reckon you never saw this iconic photo from Maine.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Awesome!

[alphafemale]

9. like nt

[GoCubsGo]

25. We have a Denmark her in South Carolina.

Also, Norway. No Finland, however.

[Brother Buzz]

32. Actually, there are two iconic signs in Maine.

[bluedigger]

35. Yeah, I was thinking there was another.

Three, if you count Hussey's Hardware.

[alphafemale]

58. I've logged some hours on two lane roads through Smallvilles.

Saw a business...Abattoir-Gun & Tackle...and underneath Ask About Our Bridal Registry.

This reminded me of that. lol

Hey. It's a long way to the big city. A business person has gotta wear a lot of hats.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. The southern tip of Illinois is nicknamed 'Little Egypt'

Origin of "Little Egypt" name

Southern Illinois is also known as "Little Egypt".
The nickname "Egypt" may have arisen in the 1830s, when poor harvests in the north of the state drove people to Southern Illinois to buy grain. Others say it was because the land of the great Mississippi and Ohio River valleys were like that of Egypt’s Nile delta. According to Hubbs, the nickname may date back to 1818, when a huge tract of land was purchased at the confluence of the rivers and its developers named it Cairo (/ˈkɛəroʊ/) Today, the town of Cairo still stands on the peninsula where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois

[Tom Ripley]

17. Darcy O'Brien's book "Murder in Little Egypt" was my first introduction to that area

I highly recommend it to anyone interested in reading very well-written true crime accounts.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. In less than an hour you could drive from my house to

London, Paris or Havana.

[lastlib]

12. Missouri has towns named Cuba, Mexico, California, Nevada, Paris, Versailles, Moscow.....

...Warsaw......

Missourians are lousy at geography!

[In_The_Wind]

61. *

[dawg]

13. Georgia also has Cairo, but it's pronounced ...

Kay-roh.

We also have Rome, Athens, Dublin, Dallas, and ...

Albany (but it's not pronounced right either). In fact, Albany, Georgia is pronounced all kinds of wrong. Because I'm from North Georgia, I'm not even capable of pronouncing it the way they do.

[RebelOne]

15. Georgia also has Woodstock where I live. n/t

[bluedigger]

27. My grandfather grew up in Woodstock, ME. n/t

[alphafemale]

16. Cairo - Like the syrup...and it's All-Ben'-Ee

If you are north GA, if you have an accent, it is maybe more like a Tennessee accent?

[Phentex]

18. I hear it as All-binny.

[dawg]

20. My accent is a mixture, but it's definitely influenced by Appalachia.

My accent isn't as pronounced as most people in my area. When I was young, I didn't think I had a noticeable accent at all. Then I went on a school trip to California, got on an elevator with a bunch of girls from the Northwest, and asked one of them to please push the button for my floor.

"Say something else!" Giggle, giggle, giggle.

Well, gee. I guess I do have a noticeable accent. But maybe it's a cute one.

[a la izquierda]

37. My students in Oklahoma used to ask me to do...

the "Jersey" accent.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Same pronunciation with IL's Cairo. I once mispronounced it on the radio down there and caught hell.

[alphafemale]

24. lol. and if it ever happens...

Ohio's Cadiz is not pronounced like its exotic namesake. It is not ka-Dizz'. It is KAD' iss. lol

[In_The_Wind]

26. I was born and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[dawg]

33. You mean Etlanna, right?

That big ol' town out past Swanee?

[In_The_Wind]

34. HotLanta

just down the road a piece from Sandy Springs

[dawg]

36. Oh, I know where you're talking about now.

That big city a few miles south of the Big Chicken!

[In_The_Wind]

59. The one with the Underground.

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[bluedigger]

28. PE-ru and MAD-rid, Maine.

Also VI-enna. There were too many places for the sign.

[NightWatcher]

45. There's also a Milan, Ga(pronounced My- lan)

There's also a tiny town called Enigma near Tifton

[pipi_k]

19. In Mass we have...

Peru, Holland, Wales

[LeftInTX]

21. Can't forget the Lebanons

Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Lebanon, Ohio
Lebanon, Oregon
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon, New Jersey
Lebanon, Missouri
Lebanon, Illinois
Lebanon, Kentucky

[tabbycat31]

22. There's a Lebanon in Virginia too

[bluedigger]

29. And in Maine.

You can't get theyah in Maine because you already are theyah, ayuh.

[Brother Buzz]

30. I've seen this sign in Maine.

The post was wood and it looked like beavers were chewing through it. I see someone has "beaver proofed" it by erecting it on a metal post.

[derby378]

31. Ireland, Texas

Going there next weekend - I understand it's a ghost town now. About a 30-minute drive from Fort Hood, if I guess correctly.

[freshwest]

38. There's Dublin, Texas, also. Used to drive through it regularly on my way to somewhere else.

[derby378]

39. Formerly the home of Dublin Dr. Pepper

I was fortunate enough to tour the bottling plant before Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. sued them out of business over distribution and copyright issues.

[freshwest]

40. Have they finally taken down the old signs? I'd like to visit some people down there once again.

Last time I went through, I saw the towers for the wind turbines to generate power being transported through the town and an old friend took me out to eat at a diner there. The turbines were already being used on farms. Damn the heat, though.

[derby378]

41. I honestly don't know

Haven't been back to Dublin since touring the bottling plant. That must've been in 2011 - I've been doing a lot of travelling across the state since Ginny died. Hard to get my dates straight sometimes.

[freshwest]

44. Sorry about Ginny (don't know who that is). Haven't been through Ft. Hood in a score of years.

Used to go there on my way to Waco. Went down through Fairy, Iredell and kept going. Then went through Pancake.

It's been built up a lot since. IIRC, all of the armored divisions (or whatevers) were consolidated there. We used to hear and feel them doing their shelling practice or whatever in the wildlife sanctuary or vacant land that belonged to the military certain days of the week.

Once a week the oldt Flying Fortresses, whatever model they were, that's what the old timers would tell me they were, flew over my place. They seemed so close to the ground, we used to wave at them. I don't know if they ever saw us, though.

Bet the bluebonnets and paint brushes are in bloom now. Every time I go down to the bigger cities, it's changed so much I get lost but not it hasn't changed so much in the Crosstimbers.

[derby378]

62. Pancake, TX?

You have my full attention. Please tell me more.

Ginny was my wife and best friend. We had been married a little over 10 years. She posted on DU as ginbarn, and later as ChickMagic.

[Texasgal]

42. Paris, TX.

A very small place.

[Major Nikon]

49. The population is 25K

It looks pretty bigger than what it is from the air. It has a pretty nice airport. I've flow in and out of there many times.

[alphafemale]

53. Wasn't there a movie...? nt

[Texasgal]

54. Was there?

I dunno!

[nolabear]

43. The original Memphis was in Egypt too.

[dawg]

46. Not an exotic foreign land, and I don't think it's even an incorporated town, but Rabbittown ...

does have an awe-inspiring monument.

[In_The_Wind]

60. Love the purtty red shiny thing the most.

yes indeed!

[Major Nikon]

47. Palestine, Texas

[In_The_Wind]

48. I was there.

[kwassa]

50. My grandfather was from Versailles, Ohio.

pronounced ver-SALES.

unlike the major city of Lima, Ohio, pronounced LY-ma.

Milan, or MY-lan, was close by to us.

Athens, of course.

Here in Maryland, we have other interesting town names such as Parole, Port Tobacco, Scaggsville, and Havre du Grace.

[kentauros]

57. Here are the ones I've managed to find (and sift through) for Texas:

We even get the whole continent of Asia!

China
Georgia
Egypt
Fredonia (like Freedonia)
Guadalupe (as in "Guadaloupe." They have a flag! )
Iraan (close enough)
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Macedonia, TX (Williamson County)
Macedonia, TX (Hopkins County)
Macedonia, TX (Liberty County)
Macedonia, TX (Marion County)
Macedonia, TX (Panola County)
Macedonia, TX (Henderson County)
Malta
Mexico
Nederland
Palestine
Scotland
New Sweden (also known as East Sweden, and Sweden)
Togo
Trinidad
Turkey
We also speak:
Canadian
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgc02

English
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hne20

Norse
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hln26