tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6138032640185633258..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Places with "Saint" in their nameMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71279792372266849222018-02-12T16:30:26.413-06:002018-02-12T16:30:26.413-06:00Also California from the Bay are down. tons of &q...Also California from the Bay are down. tons of "San's" and Santa's" Thanks Spain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86059631447354674512018-02-11T07:20:27.259-06:002018-02-11T07:20:27.259-06:00I do wish QI was on BBC America (along with reruns...I do wish QI was on BBC America (along with reruns of Mastermind)Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83526178458774466852018-02-11T01:43:11.555-06:002018-02-11T01:43:11.555-06:00http://youtube.com/watch?v=oPoGSOSn2Ekhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=oPoGSOSn2EkJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31887278340723361392018-02-10T16:29:56.926-06:002018-02-10T16:29:56.926-06:00Some one should also construct a similar map for t...Some one should also construct a similar map for the Province of Quebec in Canada where one will find more than a multitude of cities with St., Saint, Sainte, etc.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176304138702106701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30827008376588245052018-02-10T16:08:37.436-06:002018-02-10T16:08:37.436-06:00Wikipedia says that even the Scottish one may not ...Wikipedia says that even the Scottish one may not be named for a saint -<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_ScotlandMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68065535534549375362018-02-10T15:47:17.110-06:002018-02-10T15:47:17.110-06:00This map is great, but I suspect it should look ev...This map is great, but I suspect it should look even denser than it does; for example, it misses out Welsh "Llan-" ("Church of [Saint/Holy]"), so it may miss analogous names in other languages. Still fascinating, though!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896235681242722952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-66726598080615661342018-02-10T15:16:40.169-06:002018-02-10T15:16:40.169-06:00Living in Melbourne, I always wondered what fell u...Living in Melbourne, I always wondered what fell under St Kilda's purview. I read somewhere though that in that case the St is not an abbreviated Saint. Any idea where the name originated (apart from a Scottish place name, that is)?Jeneratorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726106696583524202noreply@blogger.com