# Where would you be posting from if they'd kept the original name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071 "2004-05-07T20:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/61 "2004-05-09T11:15:32Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Just to add: I see my co-patriot **Calm Kiwi** put Aotearoa as part of her address. That would be incorrect, as Aotearoa dates from after European influence began here, and the needed to find a word that summed up the whole country. More correctly, it would be just the North Island, or Te Ika o Maui. Well I felt like using a word that summed up the whole country 🙂 Judging by the last few weeks events being a whole country is not a bad aspiration. (and in case you wondered I think Don Brash is a complete tosser!..I also would love to yabber with you one day 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/62 "2004-05-09T11:20:13Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Just to add: I see my co-patriot **Calm Kiwi** put Aotearoa as part of her address. That would be incorrect, as Aotearoa dates from after European influence began here, and the needed to find a word that summed up the whole country. More correctly, it would be just the North Island, or Te Ika o Maui. Does make you wonder why the truly innovative and inspirational type who came up with “North Island” and “South Island” wasn’t made to go away and not come back till he thought of something original though. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/63 "2004-05-09T11:31:54Z")
Hmm. AFAIK, my little spot used to be either Rancho Vallejo or Napa Junction, but I suspect that it was originally “that low place by the river, where no one lives.” ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/64 "2004-05-09T11:34:04Z")
Had to look up the spelling of this one. [Vedrarfjiordr](http://www.waterfordcity.ie/history.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/65 "2004-05-09T13:31:39Z")
Eblana. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/66 "2004-05-09T14:47:19Z")
I think technically we’re living on the land of the Sint-Pieters Abdij, just outside Gandavum (Roman foundations?). ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/67 "2004-05-09T14:57:00Z")
I split my time between my parents’ place and my grandfather’s. My parents, my sister and I grew up in **Youghall** , which apparently used to be called **Youghal**. When and why they added a second “L”, I don’t know. As it is, Youghal(l) is now part of the big city, formerly called **St-Pierre** or/then **St. Peters**. St. Peters remains as the name of the main stretch of road through the city. My grandfather lives just outside the city in **North Tetagouche** which, according to _Geographical Names of New Brunswick_, used to be called **Kinsale**. I call it “The Good Side of the River”. Those who live in South Tetagouche live on “The Bad Side of the River”. 😉 Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/68 "2004-05-09T15:05:10Z")
The Roman encampment Cocclium (modern day Wigan). ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/69 "2004-05-09T16:51:06Z")
Boardtown, which is just twenty miles from Possumtown(I wonder why they changed it?) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/70 "2004-05-09T17:07:21Z")
Mountain Home AFB has always been Mountain Home AFB. Well, if you want to get anal about it, it _was_ Mountain Home Army Air Field. However, the nearby town it’s named after was formerly [Tutville](http://www.ci.mountain-home.id.us/History/HTML/HIST0.HTM) . ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/71 "2004-05-09T21:31:23Z")
[I could have sworn I posted this early this morning. Lack of sleep, etc.] **Tusculan** , Nope, I don’t sleep a lot. See above. _gaap_… I’m on the _[translated]_: Beltway. 🙂 \*\*grienspace \*\*, > [@](#): > > Hmmm. So was New York once Nieuw Amsterdam or Nieuw Amstelledamme or Nieuw Amstelredam? hehehe. Nah, that was before the Dutch made America unsafe. [btw: Can you believe we traded New York for Surinam?] It would be fun to call New York “New Yorkelledamme”, though. Don’t you think? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/72 "2004-05-10T03:31:35Z")
Chicago’s always been called Chicago, although before it was incorporated, there was a Fort Dearborn, near the mouth of the river. I’m originally from the well known Northern Mexico port city of Yerba Buena, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/73 "2004-05-10T04:14:09Z")
Richmond Landing, back when it was the spot on the river where you got off the boat to go to the thriving settlement of Richmond. Later, Bytown, after the British Army major who turned it into a viable settlement by placing the north end of the Rideau Canal here. I doubt that there was an earlier native settlement, as archeological remains seem to indicate that the Indians mostly camped on the other side of the river, where the best portage route around the rapids was located. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/74 "2004-05-10T15:28:18Z")
North, Northeast of Duwamps, where the Pilchuck river empties into the Snohomish river. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/75 "2004-05-10T22:05:27Z")
[Manatus, Gelegen op de Noo®t Riuer](http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/manhttn.jpg) in [Belgii Novi](http://digital.nypl.org/digital_AmShores/CollectionLarge_AmShores.cfm?strucID=252818&imageID=433965&word=new%20york&num=112) ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071/76 "2004-05-10T22:25:10Z")
[Waterloo](http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/WW/hvw13.html), Republic of Texas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-be-posting-from-if-theyd-kept-the-original-name/244071.md?page=3)