# Sitting around waiting in southern Alaska
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-around-waiting-in-southern-alaska/663952
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 19, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-around-waiting-in-southern-alaska/663952 "2013-07-19T16:16:31Z")
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-around-waiting-in-southern-alaska/663952/1 "2013-07-19T16:16:31Z")
> **[///clip.apples.leap](https://what3words.com/sitting.around.waiting)**
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> This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near New York City, New York.
Or [never, never despair](http://what3words.com/never.never.despair) in British Columbia.
Or anyplace on the globe in three words.
I am not sure what use this is, but it is fun to play with.
[Speed bonny boat](http://what3words.com/speed.bonny.boat) is not in Scotland. I was zooming out trying to figure out where this was. After several clicks I still had no idea, and, becoming quite impressed by how remote it seemed to be, I said a soft “Wow,” to myself. I zoomed out one more click and saw the town of Wau.
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-around-waiting-in-southern-alaska/663952/2 "2013-07-19T16:25:48Z")
[Remote empty region](http://what3words.com/remote.empty.region) seems to be in the suburbs of Grand Rapids Michigan.
Oddly, although the application seems to map the oceans as well as the land, none of my random or pseudo-meaningful word combinations have given me locations at sea. In fact, so far most have been in North America, although there seems to be no obvious pattern as to how words are assigned.