# Describe a city using only one-syllable words, try to guess other posters' cities **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 22, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256 "2025-01-22T15:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/141 "2025-01-24T17:08:38Z")
Oh hell I ought to know that one but I can’t think of it and what my head does try to come up with I don’t seem to know how to spell – It might pop into my head in a while. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/142 "2025-01-24T17:31:21Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > This town is in the way far north. Seeds are kept here. Spitsbergen? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/143 "2025-01-24T17:36:22Z")
As I review the Wikipedia page, I find that it’s not the name of a city, but a region. Spitsbergen is part of it, but I was thinking Svalbard. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/144 "2025-01-24T17:37:53Z")
I figured it was the seed vault. Had to look up the location. Didn’t see any city name specified. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/145 "2025-01-24T17:52:06Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Copenhagen, maybe? Yes, Copenhagen. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/146 "2025-01-24T18:01:20Z")
Beer. Cheese. Drunks. Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/147 "2025-01-24T18:36:36Z")
Milwaukee. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/148 "2025-01-24T19:08:55Z")
There’s this gal who’s from there, there’s a boast she’s the toast of which town? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/149 "2025-01-24T19:26:49Z")
Lace Beer Boats World known Tour ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/150 "2025-01-24T20:26:57Z")
Brussels ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/151 "2025-01-24T20:28:03Z")
Close, but not Brussels ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/152 "2025-01-24T20:40:11Z")
Bruges? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/153 "2025-01-24T21:00:31Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Bruges? Yes! You are correct. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/154 "2025-01-24T21:19:58Z")
Home of the fab four. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/155 "2025-01-24T22:33:35Z")
Liverpool! A surprisingly nice city. And this one is intriguingly still unsolved: > [@chela](#): > > There’s this gal who’s from there, there’s a boast she’s the toast of which town? A new one from me: A big stone cat with a mane, dead, famed in this town up in the Alps. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/156 "2025-01-24T22:39:45Z")
First in flight. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/157 "2025-01-24T23:01:49Z")
No one’s tried mine yet? > [@Zyada](#): > > Cow town with a drawl. Spot on well known cow trail. Butch and the Kid got shot here, so to speak. A local tale says a big cat slept here and left its mark on the town lore Will said that this is where the West starts ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/158 "2025-01-24T23:35:42Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > First in flight. Watkins Glen? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/159 "2025-01-25T00:17:33Z")
Kitty Hawk ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256/160 "2025-01-25T00:21:21Z")
Technically you may be correct, but I was thinking “Dayton.” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256.md?page=9)