Just one of those things

[Viking]

I've pronounced them

Caen  - Ka-ayn
Cannes - Kann

[CountDeMoney]

<insert Kirk image from Wrath of Cannes meme pic here>

[Tonitrus]

The first postmaster here was from Australia; hence Melbourne, Florida.

My brother once worked in North Carolina.  The locals referred to Washington, NC was "Little Washington" and Washington DC was "Big Washington."

[Josquius]

It was only a few years ago I learned about the existance of an American Cleveland.

Sorry

But at least you had those blissful years not knowing of it.  I'm jealous.

I hear it is hot there.
And....um.... Yeah

[Ed Anger]

 

[Grey Fox]

I've pronounced them

Caen  - Ka-ayn
Cannes - Kann

Wrong
Right

[Grey Fox]

When I was a kid I didn't understand the difference between Victoria, B.C and Victoriaville, QC.

I really wanted to go the commonwealth games.

[Sheilbh]

Boston seemed very strange to me too when I first discovered its existance (maybe when I was a teenager?).
I guess it is because Boston doesn't have a football team that I'd missed hearing about it before despite it being a pretty big place.

To be honest the whole of Lincolnshire's a mystery to me. With the exception of York, Hull and London I've never really been to the East of the Pennines. I have a rough idea what goes where but that's about it.

Also the Midlands are just a blob to me - Stoke, Northampton, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester? Could be anywhere

[garbon]

Boston seemed very strange to me too when I first discovered its existance (maybe when I was a teenager?).
I guess it is because Boston doesn't have a football team that I'd missed hearing about it before despite it being a pretty big place.

To be honest the whole of Lincolnshire's a mystery to me. With the exception of York, Hull and London I've never really been to the East of the Pennines. I have a rough idea what goes where but that's about it.

Also the Midlands are just a blob to me - Stoke, Northampton, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester? Could be anywhere

Boggles the mind that people (aka you) can still be like that when your country is about the size of a postage stamp.

[dps]

Boston seemed very strange to me too when I first discovered its existance (maybe when I was a teenager?).
I guess it is because Boston doesn't have a football team that I'd missed hearing about it before despite it being a pretty big place.

To be honest the whole of Lincolnshire's a mystery to me. With the exception of York, Hull and London I've never really been to the East of the Pennines. I have a rough idea what goes where but that's about it.

Also the Midlands are just a blob to me - Stoke, Northampton, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester? Could be anywhere

Boggles the mind that people (aka you) can still be like that when your country is about the size of a postage stamp.

And I though it was Americans who were supposed to be bad at geography.

[Josquius]

Meh, it's the geography of the modern world. I've never been to vast  swathes of the uk but have been to a bunch of places outside the country.
Manchester is just as close (in terms of travel cost and time) to Amsterdam or Paris as it is to York,etc...
And why learn about the exact locations of unimportant towns you're never going to? Except for fun of course.

[LaCroix]

paradox taught me geography 

[The Brain]

paradox taught me geography 

Then your knowledge of Balkans geography is COMPLETELY WRONG AND STUPID.

[Norgy]

I remember being amused as a kid to discover that old Jersey was a tiny island with cows.

Don't diss Jersey. It's one of the best places I've visited. Lush and green, fantastic beaches and French cuisine without French people.

[Duque de Bragança]

IPA is your friend /kɑ̃/
It's a nasal vowel similar to ɔ̃/on for the Germans, among others.

IPA is fucking useless as a pronunciation guide. /kɑ̃/ is gibberish.  Comparing it to other gibberish raises gibberish to gibberish to the power of gibberish.

Linguists disagree.