I’m gonna give learning Spanish Basque mate, my sister’s boyfriend is Basque and he is a very nice guy and I’d like to surprise him next year by speaking it semi fluently,, wish me luck
oooh, Laurence, what about New London, Connecticut? That's where the Puddle Pirates -- the US Coast Guard -- has their academy (school for officers)!! And it is on the River Thames!! (it is pronounced the same way that Thames is pronounced in Britain.) Well, it's obviously not bigger than London, UK. lmao. The other funny thing about New London is that the submarine base is called New London Naval Submarine Base, BUT, nobody calls it that colloquially. Everybody calls it Groton, because Groton is the small town outside of the base, and Groton is on the other side of the Thames River from New London, but for some weird reason the Navy decided to call it New London Sub Base instead of Goroton. But if you go to Mess Hall (eating facility) on the submarine base, there's a big banner that says "GROTON: Submarine Capital of the World" 🙂 I went to Groton for Basic Enlisted Submarine School and Submarine Sonar "A" School. But I was a "west coast sailor" because both the submarines I was on were homeported on the west coast; USS Florida SSBN-728 out of Bangor, Washington, and USS Asheville SSN-758 out of San Diego. But since I got out of the Navy, the Florida was converted to SSGN (shoots Tomahawk missiles instead of Trident missiles) and is now based in Kings Bay, Georgia, and the Asheville is now based on the island of Guam! 🙂
Lawrence, I'm trying to learn Spanish (though not as hard as you) using another method. I apologize, but your Spanish pronunciation has a distinct American accent. I'm sure Mondly isn't the cause! But I might give Mondly a try! Thanks for the info!
History recalls Vermont being settled by people from Connecticut, hence the same town names, New Haven, Waterbury, and others, the VT towns being smaller than their CT counterparts. The exception is Burlington. The CT town is tiny, but the VT CITY is huge! Like a mini Boston stuck up in the handle of Vermont.
@@TheodoreWeiser spawning the urban legend about the two-headed coin found amongst the belongings of the fellow who wanted it to be named Portland. the coin flip was real, the two-headed coin is real, but nobody can prove that coin was used.
Dover, Delaware, is also the location of Dover Airforce Base, where any US military casualties from abroad are brought back to be honorably transported to their final resting place in the States.
“Trot, trot to Boston, trot, trot to Lynn. Watch out little baby or you might fall in!” A nursery rhythm sung to many a local child while being bounced on a lap and then dipped backward at the “in” part. Another less wholesome rhythm associated with Lynn: “Lynn, Lynn the city of sin, you never come out the way you came in” 😂
When Lynn once considered changing its name to "Ocean Park" to get away from that rhyme, someone immediately came up with "Ocean Park, Ocean Park, don't be caught there after dark." The name change never happened. lol
My grandpa would sing Ride a cock horse to banbury cross To see a fine lady upon a white horse With rings on her fingers bells on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes And then he'd do clip clops like a horse and dip us back off his knee. We're american but he served in the European theater in ww2 im guessing he either learned it there or from our older family that came from England Ireland and france
I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and grew up nearby in Leicester. In school, the teachers would comment that Worcester is a large city in Massachusetts and Leicester is a small town, while in England, the opposite is true.
Leicester is a lot bigger than Worcester but both are cities in the old fashioned sense of having a cathedral that is the seat of a bishop (that’s not how it is granted now). Both have settlements going back to at least Roman times.
I grew up n Shrewsbury, which also has a counterpart in England, and lived in Worcester for 20 years until I moved so I was pleasantly surprised to see it mentioned in this video. Thank you, Lawrence.
@@estreetangelrelating to surnames rather than cities, but I'm a Cubs fan, and they've had pitchers named Jon Lester and Jon Leicester (not at the same time)...I distinctly remember the WGN announcers wondering how the heck they got the pronunciation "Lester" from Leicester 😅
When I recently moved to Durham, NC I was looking for something like an archery range. I had to be careful when I would be searching because apparently the Durham England archery scene is much more popular than the Durham, NC one. I can definitely see most other aspects being dwarfed by the US counterpart.
@@Cyrathil They don't have Backyard BBQ on 55, just south of 54. No, seriously, if you haven't gone there yet you absolutely need to. Also El Cuscatleco on Garrett Rd right off 15-501, Asian Kitchen on 54W (try the dan dan noodles or "fried ramen" - the noodles are hand-pulled in house), and the Saltbox on University. The Q Shack right near the Saltbox is also an essential stop.
You left out Rochester. The New York version has over three times the population of the English city and the Minnesota version has twice the population.
He seems to key on the US place being named directly after the English place. Rochester, NY was named for (and by) its founder, Nathaniel Rochester. (However, as I note in a separate comment, his family name is likely taken from the town in Kent.) Rochester, MN was named after Rochester, NY by settlers from Rochester, NY.
Laurence, I live in Norfolk, Virginia on the Lynnhaven River. My inlaws grew up near King's Lynn in Norfolk, East Anglia. They now reside a few miles from where Christopher Newport set foot before sailing up river to find Jamestown.
My 10x great-grandfather migrated from Ireland in 1636 as an indentured servant and landed in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. His descendants lived in and around what would become Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, etc. Then, in the mid-1700s, my branch of the family moved to Williamsburg and James City County. I was born in Williamsburg and attended Christopher Newport University.
Dover, New Hampshire, the seventh-oldest English settlement in America and founded 60 years before Dover, Delaware, is also larger than its namesake in Kent.
In the blizzard of 2009 that shut down the east coast, my husband & I were on one of the last planes in or out of Newark Airport. We spent the night on the linoleum floor of the airport. We caught one of the few trains out of Newark. Went as far as the train station in NYC (I don't remember which one). We transited the Hudson River Valley after overnight heavy snow. Looked like a postcard. Our son & his fiance drove from West Central Massachusetts to Albany, NY, to retrieve us & drove us back to Massachusetts. As a native Southern Californian who had never experienced actual winter, I was wide eyed & charmed. After I got over the awful headache I had from no sleep & over 24 hours of travel.
Do they still make linoleum flooring? It's made largely from linseed oil and other natural things, so I'd rather use that than vinyl flooring. Healthier, and better for the environment and groundwater, after it's served its purpose.
I'm in Richmond,VA visiting my kids at this moment. As a native Virginian, I can tell you our commonwealth is chock-a-block full with names for counties, cities and towns we brought with us from England (my family has lived in Virginia since we were subjects of the British crown). I suppose borrowing the name of your hometown might make one a little less homesick when you're thousands of miles from home and family.
Same. My family has been in Virginia since the 1650s and in Richmond since at least the 1820s. I"m so glad Laurence explained how Richmond got its name. Also, Ted Lasso shouted out Richmond, VA in one of the episodes. My dream is to visit as many Richmonds as I can, especially Richmond, UK.
I'm shocked!! Shocked I say, to see that you left out Denver!!! A small town in England I rode my bike through, about a days ride from Boston. Which is how I can brag that I rode from Boston to Denver in under two days!! 🤔 LOVE the show Lawrence!!!
Depends on our criteria. Like Cleveland or Washington, Denver was named for a _person_ who probably got their name from a British place. (In Denver’s case a politician who killed a newspaper editor in a duel.)
I live in MA. My daughter and son-in-law went to school in Worcester. It's so funny to hear people from elsewhere try to pronounce Worcester in addition to many other towns' names in MA. I grew up hearing Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin. You never come out the same way you went in. Lynn is also the birthplace of Marshmallow Fluff. Do they even make that anymore?
Yes! And there is a pub (Horseshoe) in Hudson, MA that makes a fried chicken sandwich with hot honey peanut butter and Fluff! They call it the Fluffer Clucker, after the Fluffernutter. :)
@@frostyw Fluffer Clucker! That is hilarious. It doesn't sound appetizing to me but who knows, it's probably better than it sounds if it stays on the menu.
Wow, this one hit close to home for me! I grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts, which makes a cameo appearance in your opening shot of Lynn. That shot is actually looking across the town border, showing more of Swampscott than Lynn! Honestly, I was surprised to see Lynn in the video, as it's honestly pretty dreary and not that big.
2:00 This is a common mistake. Neither MIT nor Harvard are in Boston. Both are in Cambridge MA (which I believe is also named after the UK city). But they're not far away: MIT is just across the river and Harvard is a short walk inland.
I live in Warwick, Rhode Island. The population is slightly more than twice that of Warwick in the UK. My town was named for Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), for his assistance in procuring a royal charter. Several other Warwicks in the U.S. and one in Bermuda are also named for him.
@Stormcastlecomics an orange awful awful...😋 We've only got one Creamery left here, and it's in Middletown, not Newport. I don't know how well it's doing. Breakfast is still great and a lot of the locals go there, particularly the older folks, but lunch and dinner can be disastrous
Wonderful video as usual, thank you! I am a naturalized New Englander of 5 years, having moved to Tewksbury MA from Maryland. I have been chuffed to find out that so many cities, towns, and counties, including my town and county (Middlesex) echo their English namesakes. Our town is adjacent or close to Chelmsford, Reading, Andover, Haverhill, and within an hour or less from Worcester, Manchester, Gloucester, and Portsmouth. My county Middlesex is adjacent to counties Essex and Suffolk. A paradise for Anglophiles!
@@John_Smith_60 Back in Maryland, they do have Dorchester as a county name. The county seat there is Cambridge. And in Anne Arundel County (named after Queen Anne,) there is an Epping Forest ;-)
@@charlesstuart7290 Hiya Charles, although I must admit as a newcomer I made quite a few slip-up’s when I first arrived, like HAY-ver-hill and bu-LEHR-ih-ka (Billerica). Before I realized that we have our own Leicester, I heard it mentioned on a police procedural on BritBox, so I was prepared 😉 Cheers!
Special credit should probably go to Springfield, Essex (pop 17,405) which was the namesake of Springfield, MA (pop 155,929). There are 35 places in the US called Springfield (only one of them fictional), making it I think the most common place name in the US with a link to a place in the UK - though some of them may just be near springs. There are 29 places in the US called Bristol, but I don’t think any of them are larger than their namesake.
@@bkark0935 I almost included Arlington but the link to the UK is really convoluted - most of the US places called Arlington are named in honor of Arlington National Cemetery, which was built on the land of Arlington House in what was then Alexandria. That house was named Arlington by John Parke Custis, who named it after his great-great-grandfather's house in Northampton County, VA. That appears to be where the link to the UK is - John Custis II was born in Arlington, Gloucester, and named his house after it in 1675. Interestingly the town in the UK that all the Burlingtons seem to be named after is actually called Bridlington. I'm wondering if maybe the "d" is or was silent at one time? Not hard to get from "Brillington" to "Burlington"...
I'm from Bucks County Pennsylvania. A large number of the towns and boroughs in the county are named after towns in Jolly Ole England!!Surrounding counties are very similar.
Thank you for properly pronouncing our Newark and not the Delaware pronunciation. It is interesting that the original is Newark on Trent and our capital is Trenton.
Not really having anything to do with population, but there's 2 towns in Pennsylvania called Lancaster (locals pronounce it LANE-kiss-tehr), and York. Named after the English cities. Both Yorks having the white rose as its town flower. Likewise with Lancaster in both countries having red roses for their town's flower.
Boston, MA, is a wonderful town. I moved there in 1977 for college and stayed on until moving to New York in 1986. However, I've visited Boston, Lincs. It's also a wonderful town. I especially love the "Boston Stump", a wonderful medieval church with a bizarre tower. For the record. Neither MIT nor Harvard University are in Boston. They're across the Charles River in Cambridge, which is named after some obscure English college town nobody's ever heard of. 😜
(Boston's pretty old but not actually medieval. :) ) Cambridge was once known as Newtowne before separating from Newton though and got called Cambridge for having schools. :)
Great historical town chock full of great universities and colleges and a lot of smart young people. Was there 1980-1984. A bit morbid but my favorite places are all the small cemeteries interspersed within the city and suburbs, especially the Granary Burying Ground.
@ It doesn't seem morbid to me at all. One of my favorite hang-outs was the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End. These days I live in an apartment in Providence that overlooks an old burial ground.
Two things: 1) I was talking with a British friend at one point and he had never heard of Boston, Lincolnshire. 2) the first video you use for Lynn, MA, is actually neighbouring Swampscott (specifically where Monument Ave joins Humphrey St.). I'm from this area, so I immediately caught that
Toronto's first European name was York. New York was named 'New' York because York was taken by Toronto. Toronto reverted to its native name, Toronto, sometime later. Toronto is in York country. York University is in Toronto. Fort York defended Toronto harbour in York during both the American revolution and the War of 1812.
York in what would become Canada wasn't established until 1793. New York has had that name since 1667. York didn't become Toronto until 1834. So your story doesn't make any sense. Also the British reused names in many colonies. Also Toronto hasn't been in York County since 1953.
My father's family came over to Boston (Cambridge) from England in the 1630s, establishing themselves there early in Boston's history. Interestingly, dad's first name was Lynn, which I thought was rather odd. But now I know where it came from. Ive lived on the West Coast all my life and never knew about Lynn, MA.
My family also came to America in 1630 from England. They settled in Windsor Connecticut. So they probably came through Boston or New York City. Hmmm, Windsor. That name rings a bell…
Though Britian’s is still a lot bigger, I feel like *Birmingham* is the only name that has a major city on both sides of the pond. Manchester, NH deserves an honorable mention though… (EDIT: Apologies Worcester, shout-out as well; I was not familiar with your game 😂) …But even then, it feels like a big American cities has a small British counterparts; while big British cities have small American counterparts.
The main benefit of the them both being fairly big is all the articles where the UK city uses the wrong skyline in promotional materials or when people book flights from the wrong city.
I met a British man from Birmingham who made a point to see its sister city in AL while traveling around the U.S. I always thought that was funny, no offense to B’ham, but most Americans don’t seek it out on a vacation.
Glad to see that you didn’t use AI generated stuff for this video, I honestly prefer stock footage or just still photos. I grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho and I currently live in a small town not far from IF called Shelley.
The clips of pics with a stupid snow storm effect might not have been AI generated, but the effect was distracting and annoying. Overall, an entertaining video with some blemished spots.
@@JC-hp7pc Yes, Cambridge is part of the Boston Metropolitan area, but that does not change the fact that MIT and Harvard University are not in Boston, they are in the city of Cambridge.
I live in Connecticut, in a small town named after Berkhamsted in the UK. On one side the next town over is New Hartford, on the other side Winchester, then Norfolk, all named after UK towns, cities, burgs, whistle stops, what have you. Then we also have Stratford, home of the Shakespeare Theater. Oh and also Avon, to get the whole town where the famous bard resided.
I do like the mentions of Boston, Worcester and Lynn ... but in between Boston and Worcester, we have Marlborough. Checking recent census numbers for both, we have almost 5x the population of our Wiltshire counterpart.
Kittery in Maine was named after the birthplace of a founder, Alexander Shapleigh, from his manor of Kittery Court at Kingswear in Devon, England. Kingswear in Devon is close to the mouth of the river Dart and opposite the much larger town of Dartmouth. Our river and towns are very closely linked to early settlers. We’re famous for hosting the Mayflower when she came in with the Speedwell, for repairs. Dartmouth and Kingswear in Devon are small in population but huge in the history of seafarers and America.
Richmond, VA native. Have to admit you got me curious about the prices of homes in Richmond on the Thames in case I ever wanted to get a second home in our sister city. After finding out, I am now seeking to find out if Warren Buffet will adopt me because that will be the only way I could afford one there.
Didn’t expect Lynn to make the list at all. The OG Sin City 😂 Born and raised but live one town over in Salem (Witch City) now. Quite a bit of history there too. Sometimes called, “The City of Firsts.” First jet engine produced at GE River Works in Lynn, First ever tanning bed, first show The Rolling Stones ever played in the states was at Manning Bowl in Lynn, and the list goes on.
And there's a Dover, NJ too! (In fact, there were two Dovers in NJ, the Town of Dover in Northern NJ and Dover Township in South Jersey...Dover Twp was the true name for the better known moniker Toms River - has to do with the Federal Post Office named as per the locals, but the official name of the entire body politic was "Dover" ... The city fathers got soooo tired of dealing with the confusion, they finally gave into reality and officially changed the name to Toms River Township, about 15 years ago...)
@@marieroberts5664When driving home from college the first time, I saw a sign for Dover and thought I was very seriously lost. This was pre-cell phone and so I prayed that my AAA Trip-tik was correct. When I arrived home, I opened a map to discover that there was indeed another Dover here in NJ. Those of us down here tend to call it Toms River but, we do also know it as Dover Township.
As a NASCAR fan, can confirm on the Dover NASCAR connection. The Monster Mile do be a very fun track to see racing at, typically puts on a good show. Biggest concrete-paved track on the schedule
My daughter recently moved from CA to MA...just up the road from where she lives there's a "Grays Beach"....and there's a Grays Beach in Essex, and she could see it out the window, when she was growing up
Dallas, TX may have been named for a town in Scotland. It's uncertain, as it might have been named for one of various people who took their surname from that town.
There is also a Dallastown PA which is definitely named for George M Dallas, Vice President of the US 1845-1849. He wanted to annex all of Mexico after the Mexican American War, which would certainly have solved the immigration problem. Surprised that in going after Greenland Canada, and the Panama Canal, the idea of Making Mexico the 52nd state has not occurred to our insane leader.
@@jameshorn270 that probably would have been impossible, that's why the Spanish couldn't hold onto the territory because they were too far away in Mexico City
I lived in Kentucky. We had Florence, Paris, London, Frankfort, Versailles. None of them are all that spectacular. But Florence is synonymous with "Yall" so we got that going for us.
All the greatest hits 😂 IRL: MN has a city named Geneva on a lake. Another Warsaw is near me, and so is "German Lake" and "Sweedes Bay". It's wetland and freezes in winter too. Cold and wet vs cold and wet.
On the subject of American towns with European names on them, one of these days there should be a version of Homer's Odyssey set in upstate New York, where a guy's trying to get from Troy to Ithaca, with diversions to Syracuse among other places.
Hey British Brother 😊👋🏼💜 I’m from Delaware and I completely lost my shit when you mentioned us! 😂 We are so small we barely get recognized. So it made it smile when I saw it come on the screen. Plus I know a little bit of Delaware’s British history so I was anticipating the shoutout. I love you Lawrence you’re my 3rd favorite Brit (1st being Julie Andrews and 2nd being Kate Winslet sorry I loved them longer) 😂😘💜
Lyme, Connecticut was named after Lyme Regis, in SW England. While a.) it's not a city and b.) it's not QUITE out-populated the origin of its name, it's (in)famous for a different reason: The first recorded cases of the tick-borne "Lyme Disease" were found there in 1975.
Just offshore from Old Lyme is the Plum Island, a top-secret biowar facility whose "legit" purpose was supposedly working on vaccines for animals. Coincidence? I think NOT!
Pro Tip: If you're ever visiting MIT or Harvard don't say they are in Boston - it won't go over well with the locals. Please know the difference between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cambridge is also named for a city in England! Both Massachusetts and Cambridgeshire cities are important academic towns of similar sizes, although England's is a bit bigger.
America's oldest warship, the USS Constitution, is in Boston harbor. My nephew was the ship's historian for a tour in the Navy. And he's got a model of him in early 19th century midshipman's dress there.
@@johnpasquale7095 --- YARD, not Square. The phrase "park your car in Harvard Yard" is a slang term used to test someone's Boston accent. The phrase is pronounced with a non-rhotic accent, which means the "r" in "car" is dropped. Explanation The phrase is used to highlight regional accents, including the Harvard accent The Harvard accent is a blend of accents from New England prep schools, Greater Boston Irish-Americans, and Midwesterners The phrase is often repeated and has become a test of local authenticity The phrase is considered an irritating cliche to people with Boston accents
Fun fact: there is also a Newark, Delaware, also (slightly) larger than its English namesake. A friend of mine recently traveled there by accident when she got on the wrong train -- she was trying to get to Newark, New Jersey.
@LabNYorkie The Delaware pronunciation is actually correct. Because the town was originally New Ark. It wasn't named after any place in England. The post office changed it to Newark but the pronunciation didn't change.
I grew up in Bristol, RI, USA which you featured in the opening, but has _not_ outgrown the Bristol in England that it is named after. It turns out there are a _lot_ of towns (and other entities) named Bristol (somelarger than Bristol, RI) in the eastern US, because it was typical for settlers landing in the colonies to pick a high ranked crew from the boat to run the administration (mostly defense) of the town. Since they had been a sailor they had often come from Bristol, England and would suggest that as the name for the colony.
I grew up in Boston . Born 52 and Britain's Boston was much like the area of Somerville well into the 60's. But like you said it exploded, I remember going to Harvard Square till they built a highway through it.
In southeastern PA, there is a Reading, Berks County named after Reading, Berkshire England. So far, the mother city (technically a borough) has a substantial population margin (174,000 versus 95,000), but stay tuned.
I grew up in Lynn! Three fun facts. One: that beach STINKS in summertime. They've tried various solutions for decades and still can't get rid of the smell. Even Harvard researchers can't figure out how the hell to get rid of it, because it's caused by a particularly pernicious form of algae that just will not go the eff away. Two: while many cities and towns in New England have a 'common' (a park in or near the center of town, so named because once upon a time it was the common area where city dwellers could graze the family cow), Lynn Common is made up of two parks, commonly (heh) referred to as the Big Common and the Little Common, separated by a small turn so you don't have to drive all the way the hell down the far end to get around the thing. The outline of the common is vaguely shaped like a shoe, albeit one with a REALLY narrow heel. Three: Lynn, Lynn, the City of Sin, you never come out the way you came in. (IYKYK)
Here in Texas, the towns named after European cities have always intrigued me. Many have cultures that echo their namesakes: Berlin, Athens, Dublin, Edinburgh, Geneva, Liverpool, London, Moscow, Naples, Newcastle, Paris-to name just a few. It's always fascinating to visit and see how aspects of the old cultures have been preserved.
You haven't seen aggressive jaywalking until you've been to Manhattan on a weekday. Classic scene in "Midnight Cowboy" encapsulates it. Look for Dustin Hoffman taxi cab scene in aforementioned film. My falther worked Newark during the time of the riots in the late 60s. It was rather a run down pit at the time. My mother worried everytime he went in (we lived in a different NJ suburb of NYC). [Re Mondly ad, hmmm...17 plates of fish. Sounds like the Cat from Red Dwarf.] Staten Island, NYC, retains it's Dutch name but is within Richmond County and has a Richmond Road running through it.
I live in the city of Newark and work in the airport known as Newark Liberty international airport I'm happy that you put Newark in here it made my day😊
I grew up in Newark (NJ). We were all taught growing up about Newark-on-Trent being the namesake. There are about 25 Newark’s in the US. Also, locals in the Garden State pronounce it /Nork/ like fork.
A friend from uni moved to Boston, Mass, for work. A few years later, we moved to Oakham in Rutland, which is fairly close to the English Boston, so I sent him a joke text with "greetings from Oakham, which is quite close to Boston". His response took me by surprise: "You are in Oakham? We MUST meet!" That is how I found out that there is an Oakham in Massachusetts, too, but our's was still bigger, despite its modest size of around 12-15,000.
Worcester finally getting some of the recognition it deserves. If only the person who wrote the forward for the Canterbury Classics edition of Isabel Hapgood's translation of Les Miserables had given it the same respect Lawrence did
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I’m gonna give learning Spanish Basque mate, my sister’s boyfriend is Basque and he is a very nice guy and I’d like to surprise him next year by speaking it semi fluently,, wish me luck
oooh, Laurence, what about New London, Connecticut? That's where the Puddle Pirates -- the US Coast Guard -- has their academy (school for officers)!! And it is on the River Thames!! (it is pronounced the same way that Thames is pronounced in Britain.)
Well, it's obviously not bigger than London, UK. lmao.
The other funny thing about New London is that the submarine base is called New London Naval Submarine Base, BUT, nobody calls it that colloquially. Everybody calls it Groton, because Groton is the small town outside of the base, and Groton is on the other side of the Thames River from New London, but for some weird reason the Navy decided to call it New London Sub Base instead of Goroton.
But if you go to Mess Hall (eating facility) on the submarine base, there's a big banner that says "GROTON: Submarine Capital of the World" 🙂
I went to Groton for Basic Enlisted Submarine School and Submarine Sonar "A" School. But I was a "west coast sailor" because both the submarines I was on were homeported on the west coast; USS Florida SSBN-728 out of Bangor, Washington, and USS Asheville SSN-758 out of San Diego.
But since I got out of the Navy, the Florida was converted to SSGN (shoots Tomahawk missiles instead of Trident missiles) and is now based in Kings Bay, Georgia, and the Asheville is now based on the island of Guam! 🙂
Lawrence, I like your channel. Please stop with the AI.
Lawrence, I'm trying to learn Spanish (though not as hard as you) using another method. I apologize, but your Spanish pronunciation has a distinct American accent. I'm sure Mondly isn't the cause! But I might give Mondly a try! Thanks for the info!
@ My understanding is Basque is not an Indo-European language but a language isolate. Not an easy language to learn. Good luck!
Portland, Oregon was named after Portland, Maine, so it's an American city that outgrew its American predecessor that outgrew its English predecessor.
...and a coin flip kept it from being called Boston instead
@TheodoreWeiser Yup, the Portland Penny.
Portland, OR, is an open sewer, it's not a city.
History recalls Vermont being settled by people from Connecticut, hence the same town names, New Haven, Waterbury, and others, the VT towns being smaller than their CT counterparts. The exception is Burlington. The CT town is tiny, but the VT CITY is huge! Like a mini Boston stuck up in the handle of Vermont.
@@TheodoreWeiser
spawning the urban legend about the two-headed coin found amongst the belongings of the fellow who wanted it to be named Portland.
the coin flip was real, the two-headed coin is real, but nobody can prove that coin was used.
The Duke of York is probably afraid of process servers, if not law enforcement.
Does it have a Pizza Express?
Dover, Delaware, is also the location of Dover Airforce Base, where any US military casualties from abroad are brought back to be honorably transported to their final resting place in the States.
Dover Delaware is one of those place no one needs to visit unless you have family there.
Yeah but we like to pretend we have tourists. And they do still come for the race. Though not like in the heyday of NASCAR. Unfortunately. 😊
Also the USAF's prime Cargo aircraft hub to the rest of the world
@@ThomasNuya-by3eb The beaches pack in the summer though.
Delaware was also stupid enough to replace the NASCAR track for a Pickleball Facility…..only Delaware man 🙄🤦🏼♀️
“Trot, trot to Boston, trot, trot to Lynn. Watch out little baby or you might fall in!” A nursery rhythm sung to many a local child while being bounced on a lap and then dipped backward at the “in” part. Another less wholesome rhythm associated with Lynn: “Lynn, Lynn the city of sin, you never come out the way you came in” 😂
Beat me to it. lol
When Lynn once considered changing its name to "Ocean Park" to get away from that rhyme, someone immediately came up with "Ocean Park, Ocean Park, don't be caught there after dark." The name change never happened. lol
I hung around in Lynn when I was a young man, now I'm old and I'm still not over it.
My grandpa would sing
Ride a cock horse to banbury cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes
And then he'd do clip clops like a horse and dip us back off his knee.
We're american but he served in the European theater in ww2 im guessing he either learned it there or from our older family that came from England Ireland and france
@@peteg475 LOL! I grew up in Lynn and remember that! Every now and then I still run across a sign supporting or opposing it. 😂
I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and grew up nearby in Leicester. In school, the teachers would comment that Worcester is a large city in Massachusetts and Leicester is a small town, while in England, the opposite is true.
Leicester is another one people can't pronounce.
Leicester is a lot bigger than Worcester but both are cities in the old fashioned sense of having a cathedral that is the seat of a bishop (that’s not how it is granted now). Both have settlements going back to at least Roman times.
I grew up n Shrewsbury, which also has a counterpart in England, and lived in Worcester for 20 years until I moved so I was pleasantly surprised to see it mentioned in this video. Thank you, Lawrence.
@@estreetangelrelating to surnames rather than cities, but I'm a Cubs fan, and they've had pitchers named Jon Lester and Jon Leicester (not at the same time)...I distinctly remember the WGN announcers wondering how the heck they got the pronunciation "Lester" from Leicester 😅
@@Phateagle262 I think we all have wondered that. LOL
How confusing if both Jons played at the same time period. Thank goodness they didn't then.
I live in Durham, NC. It's got five times the population of its English namesake, although with 100% less remains of Saint Cuthbert.
When I recently moved to Durham, NC I was looking for something like an archery range. I had to be careful when I would be searching because apparently the Durham England archery scene is much more popular than the Durham, NC one. I can definitely see most other aspects being dwarfed by the US counterpart.
I worked for Durham, NC for over 30 years and still go to visit friends there.
That’s “Dunholm” to those of us who watch The Last Kingdom.
@@Cyrathil They don't have Backyard BBQ on 55, just south of 54.
No, seriously, if you haven't gone there yet you absolutely need to.
Also El Cuscatleco on Garrett Rd right off 15-501, Asian Kitchen on 54W (try the dan dan noodles or "fried ramen" - the noodles are hand-pulled in house), and the Saltbox on University. The Q Shack right near the Saltbox is also an essential stop.
Yes, you should do another video like this to include Durham. Unless you're going by Parkrun participants 😅
You left out Rochester. The New York version has over three times the population of the English city and the Minnesota version has twice the population.
There’s also a Rochester, Vermont that only has about 1000 people.
He seems to key on the US place being named directly after the English place. Rochester, NY was named for (and by) its founder, Nathaniel Rochester. (However, as I note in a separate comment, his family name is likely taken from the town in Kent.)
Rochester, MN was named after Rochester, NY by settlers from Rochester, NY.
Born in Rochester , NY in 1956 and have lived there all of my life.
@@Jeff-ur6klwhich one?
I’m from Rochester, NY, but isn’t there also a Rochester MN?
Laurence, I live in Norfolk, Virginia on the Lynnhaven River. My inlaws grew up near King's Lynn in Norfolk, East Anglia. They now reside a few miles from where Christopher Newport set foot before sailing up river to find Jamestown.
My 10x great-grandfather migrated from Ireland in 1636 as an indentured servant and landed in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. His descendants lived in and around what would become Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, etc. Then, in the mid-1700s, my branch of the family moved to Williamsburg and James City County. I was born in Williamsburg and attended Christopher Newport University.
@JEREMY99218 that's pretty cool.
Dover, New Hampshire, the seventh-oldest English settlement in America and founded 60 years before Dover, Delaware, is also larger than its namesake in Kent.
He lied Dover in Kent has a larger population, then both American Dovers combined.
@@Theon435 Did they count the Dinghy People?
@@Theon435 Dover Kent has 31k people, Dover NH has 32k, Dover DE has 40k
I was born there…
In the blizzard of 2009 that shut down the east coast, my husband & I were on one of the last planes in or out of Newark Airport.
We spent the night on the linoleum floor of the airport.
We caught one of the few trains out of Newark.
Went as far as the train station in NYC (I don't remember which one).
We transited the Hudson River Valley after overnight heavy snow.
Looked like a postcard.
Our son & his fiance drove from West Central Massachusetts to Albany, NY, to retrieve us & drove us back to Massachusetts.
As a native Southern Californian who had never experienced actual winter, I was wide eyed & charmed.
After I got over the awful headache I had from no sleep & over 24 hours of travel.
Do they still make linoleum flooring? It's made largely from linseed oil and other natural things, so I'd rather use that than vinyl flooring. Healthier, and better for the environment and groundwater, after it's served its purpose.
Only NY Penn Station goes to Newark Liberty Airport.
@@jetfan925 PATH
@@FLPhotoCatcher Yep, several companies still make linoleum flooring. It's more expensive than vinyl though.
I'm in Richmond,VA visiting my kids at this moment. As a native Virginian, I can tell you our commonwealth is chock-a-block full with names for counties, cities and towns we brought with us from England (my family has lived in Virginia since we were subjects of the British crown). I suppose borrowing the name of your hometown might make one a little less homesick when you're thousands of miles from home and family.
Same. My family has been in Virginia since the 1650s and in Richmond since at least the 1820s. I"m so glad Laurence explained how Richmond got its name. Also, Ted Lasso shouted out Richmond, VA in one of the episodes. My dream is to visit as many Richmonds as I can, especially Richmond, UK.
Greetings from Richmond (Metro Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada
I'm shocked!! Shocked I say, to see that you left out Denver!!! A small town in England I rode my bike through, about a days ride from Boston. Which is how I can brag that I rode from Boston to Denver in under two days!! 🤔 LOVE the show Lawrence!!!
Depends on our criteria. Like Cleveland or Washington, Denver was named for a _person_ who probably got their name from a British place.
(In Denver’s case a politician who killed a newspaper editor in a duel.)
I live in MA. My daughter and son-in-law went to school in Worcester.
It's so funny to hear people from elsewhere try to pronounce Worcester in addition to many other towns' names in MA.
I grew up hearing Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin. You never come out the same way you went in.
Lynn is also the birthplace of Marshmallow Fluff. Do they even make that anymore?
Yes! And there is a pub (Horseshoe) in Hudson, MA that makes a fried chicken sandwich with hot honey peanut butter and Fluff!
They call it the Fluffer Clucker, after the Fluffernutter. :)
@@frostyw Fluffer Clucker! That is hilarious. It doesn't sound appetizing to me but who knows, it's probably better than it sounds if it stays on the menu.
The home of marshmallow fluff? LOL.. Who knew? Well... you knew! 😆🥰 A lil' dollop of fluff in your cocoa with maybe a shot of Baileys is yummy.. 😋☕
@@bearpawz_ I grew up with putting it on my hot cocoa and eating fluffer nutter sandwiches.
@ Never heard of "fluffer nutter sandwiches" (until I read the comments on this post) but they sound interesting... 😆🥪
I was born and raised in Lynn. Happy to see it mentioned
I know Dearborn Ave, Lynn, MA very well.
Wow, this one hit close to home for me! I grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts, which makes a cameo appearance in your opening shot of Lynn. That shot is actually looking across the town border, showing more of Swampscott than Lynn! Honestly, I was surprised to see Lynn in the video, as it's honestly pretty dreary and not that big.
I have relatives who used to live in Swampscott, that beach in Lynn was a familiar part of the drive there.
2:00 This is a common mistake. Neither MIT nor Harvard are in Boston. Both are in Cambridge MA (which I believe is also named after the UK city). But they're not far away: MIT is just across the river and Harvard is a short walk inland.
“Cambridge…which I believe is also named after the UK city.” Hilarious 😂😂😂
It's always weird seeing Richmond, VA mentioned online...WE'RE FAMOUS
Well you are the capital of Virginia
I lived in Richmond, Virginia until recently. I loved living there.
I live in Warwick, Rhode Island. The population is slightly more than twice that of Warwick in the UK. My town was named for Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), for his assistance in procuring a royal charter. Several other Warwicks in the U.S. and one in Bermuda are also named for him.
I was going to suggest Warwick, RI!
Hi, neighbor
Hi! Neighbor!
I grew up in Warwick and went to Pilgrim in the 80's! Enjoyed many Gaspee Days back then. Kind of want an Awful Awful now.
@Stormcastlecomics an orange awful awful...😋
We've only got one Creamery left here, and it's in Middletown, not Newport. I don't know how well it's doing. Breakfast is still great and a lot of the locals go there, particularly the older folks, but lunch and dinner can be disastrous
Brian May Cosplay 🤣🤣🤣
Newark,New Jersey...my birthplace and hometown!!!
funny enough, I lived in Fremont CA which is next to a Newark
@danielzhang1916 I've heard of both places.
Me too! Forest Hill.
I'm from Worcester, Massachusetts! Thanks for mentioning us!
Bolton!
I too have crossed myself, closed my eyes, and cried my way through the old Kelley Square.
@ this is probably an unpopular opinion, but sometimes I prefer the old Kelley Square. The new version is still a bit of a hectic mess.
@kmlameattempt no you're right, they ruined kelly square with the roundabout
@ yeah the new one does still kind of feel like they half 🍑ed it, doesn't it? 😂 I do prefer it but I like rotaries so I'm probably biased.
Wonderful video as usual, thank you!
I am a naturalized New Englander of 5 years, having moved to Tewksbury MA from Maryland. I have been chuffed to find out that so many cities, towns, and counties, including my town and county (Middlesex) echo their English namesakes. Our town is adjacent or close to Chelmsford, Reading, Andover, Haverhill, and within an hour or less from Worcester, Manchester, Gloucester, and Portsmouth. My county Middlesex is adjacent to counties Essex and Suffolk. A paradise for Anglophiles!
There is a reason that that section of the country is called "New England".
@@John_Smith_60 Indeed John, and I l love it! :-)
@@John_Smith_60 Back in Maryland, they do have Dorchester as a county name. The county seat there is Cambridge. And in Anne Arundel County (named after Queen Anne,) there is an Epping Forest ;-)
And we know the proper pronunciation of municipalities of Worcester and Leicester unlike our non- New England compatriots.
@@charlesstuart7290 Hiya Charles, although I must admit as a newcomer I made quite a few slip-up’s when I first arrived, like HAY-ver-hill and bu-LEHR-ih-ka (Billerica).
Before I realized that we have our own Leicester, I heard it mentioned on a police procedural on BritBox, so I was prepared 😉
Cheers!
LOL ... Brian May cosplayer... what a gem! Made me stop the video to write this and actually laugh out loud! Bravo old chap!
Special credit should probably go to Springfield, Essex (pop 17,405) which was the namesake of Springfield, MA (pop 155,929). There are 35 places in the US called Springfield (only one of them fictional), making it I think the most common place name in the US with a link to a place in the UK - though some of them may just be near springs.
There are 29 places in the US called Bristol, but I don’t think any of them are larger than their namesake.
There have to be more than 35 places named Springfiled in the US. Heck there are 9 of them in Pennsylvania alone.
@ I think the list I was looking at was “census designated places”
Bristol RI is certainly smaller than the OG Bristol
There are also numerous places called Arlington and Burlington in addition to Springfields and Salems!
@@bkark0935 I almost included Arlington but the link to the UK is really convoluted - most of the US places called Arlington are named in honor of Arlington National Cemetery, which was built on the land of Arlington House in what was then Alexandria. That house was named Arlington by John Parke Custis, who named it after his great-great-grandfather's house in Northampton County, VA. That appears to be where the link to the UK is - John Custis II was born in Arlington, Gloucester, and named his house after it in 1675.
Interestingly the town in the UK that all the Burlingtons seem to be named after is actually called Bridlington. I'm wondering if maybe the "d" is or was silent at one time? Not hard to get from "Brillington" to "Burlington"...
I love stuff like this. Thanks, Laurance!!
Rochester, NY (215k city, 1.1 million metro) vs Rochester, Kent (62k, 250k metro)
RNY, used to have a higher population in the past.
I'm from Bucks County Pennsylvania. A large number of the towns and boroughs in the county are named after towns in Jolly Ole England!!Surrounding counties are very similar.
Same w/ so many towns & counties in Maryland .
Thank you for properly pronouncing our Newark and not the Delaware pronunciation. It is interesting that the original is Newark on Trent and our capital is Trenton.
But a place called “New Jersey” should have been the name for Long Island. (The original Jersey is an island in the English Channel.)
Brick City 4 life! We can thank Robert Treat for the name.
Not really having anything to do with population, but there's 2 towns in Pennsylvania called Lancaster (locals pronounce it LANE-kiss-tehr), and York. Named after the English cities.
Both Yorks having the white rose as its town flower. Likewise with Lancaster in both countries having red roses for their town's flower.
Still waiting for the ones in PA to fight, though.
@@efretheim They do have a bit of a rivalry going on. Sort of a genteel war of words for the most part.
@@efretheimthey do have a baseball rivalry going on
Boston, MA, is a wonderful town. I moved there in 1977 for college and stayed on until moving to New York in 1986. However, I've visited Boston, Lincs. It's also a wonderful town. I especially love the "Boston Stump", a wonderful medieval church with a bizarre tower.
For the record. Neither MIT nor Harvard University are in Boston. They're across the Charles River in Cambridge, which is named after some obscure English college town nobody's ever heard of. 😜
(Boston's pretty old but not actually medieval. :) ) Cambridge was once known as Newtowne before separating from Newton though and got called Cambridge for having schools. :)
Great historical town chock full of great universities and colleges and a lot of smart young people. Was there 1980-1984. A bit morbid but my favorite places are all the small cemeteries interspersed within the city and suburbs, especially the Granary Burying Ground.
@ I was talking about Boston in Lincolnshire, England. The late medieval church there, dating back to the late 15th/early 16th century..
@ It doesn't seem morbid to me at all. One of my favorite hang-outs was the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End. These days I live in an apartment in Providence that overlooks an old burial ground.
@@georgecooksey8216 Granary is a really cool burial ground.
Two things:
1) I was talking with a British friend at one point and he had never heard of Boston, Lincolnshire.
2) the first video you use for Lynn, MA, is actually neighbouring Swampscott (specifically where Monument Ave joins Humphrey St.). I'm from this area, so I immediately caught that
The shot is taken from inside Lynn, though, so there is *_some_* of Lynn in the picture.
I was so pleasantly surprised you had Lynn on here 😂
Toronto's first European name was York. New York was named 'New' York because York was taken by Toronto. Toronto reverted to its native name, Toronto, sometime later. Toronto is in York country. York University is in Toronto. Fort York defended Toronto harbour in York during both the American revolution and the War of 1812.
New York was founded by the Dutch ??
@@twoalpha09 It was originally called New Amsterdam.
York in what would become Canada wasn't established until 1793. New York has had that name since 1667. York didn't become Toronto until 1834. So your story doesn't make any sense. Also the British reused names in many colonies.
Also Toronto hasn't been in York County since 1953.
Loved the bit about how the shoe industry in Lynn, Massachusetts, lost its "footing."
My father's family came over to Boston (Cambridge) from England in the 1630s, establishing themselves there early in Boston's history. Interestingly, dad's first name was Lynn, which I thought was rather odd. But now I know where it came from. Ive lived on the West Coast all my life and never knew about Lynn, MA.
My family also came to America in 1630 from England. They settled in Windsor Connecticut. So they probably came through Boston or New York City. Hmmm, Windsor. That name rings a bell…
Lynn, MA is the home of the dairy company HP Hood, whose milk and ice cream dominate New England and northeastern Upstate New York.
I did a quick bit of Googling, and it turns out that Cambridge, Cambridgeshire has about 40,000 more people than Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Though Britian’s is still a lot bigger, I feel like *Birmingham* is the only name that has a major city on both sides of the pond. Manchester, NH deserves an honorable mention though…
(EDIT: Apologies Worcester, shout-out as well; I was not familiar with your game 😂)
…But even then, it feels like a big American cities has a small British counterparts; while big British cities have small American counterparts.
There is a little more emphasis on the last syllable of Birmingham, here in the US.
As much as people think Cambridge is Massachusetts' second largest city, after Boston, due to proximity, Worcester is actually the second largest.
The main benefit of the them both being fairly big is all the articles where the UK city uses the wrong skyline in promotional materials or when people book flights from the wrong city.
@@danielcobbins8861more Bermingum. Often it is Brummagem to locals (a sort of three hundred year old joke that stuck).
I met a British man from Birmingham who made a point to see its sister city in AL while traveling around the U.S. I always thought that was funny, no offense to B’ham, but most Americans don’t seek it out on a vacation.
I saw Peter Gabriel and Sting in concert (rock, paper, scissors tour) in Worcester, MA.
I saw New Kids on the Block in that town. Surprisingly it was a great concert.
Sting always puts on a great performance.
New Haven Ct. isn’t a really big city, but I think it’s larger than Newhaven England, for which it was named
Rochester, New York, is much larger than Rochester, Kent.
The Flower City, Lilac Capital of the World!!! -UofR’91
One of my brothers lives in Rochester, NH and I'm sure it's smaller than both of the Rochesters you mentioned.. 🥰 xoxo
Shout out from Liverpool, Texas!
there is a Liverpool, NY too, a suburb of Syracuse
That sounds weird
Love it- my father was from Lynn. Believe it or not, the Stones played there in '66.
I am just barely old enough to remember that happening.
5:53. Dover Speedway. Been there many times. One of my favorite NASCAR tracks.
Glad to see that you didn’t use AI generated stuff for this video, I honestly prefer stock footage or just still photos. I grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho and I currently live in a small town not far from IF called Shelley.
The clips of pics with a stupid snow storm effect might not have been AI generated, but the effect was distracting and annoying. Overall, an entertaining video with some blemished spots.
I live an hour away from Boston and an hour away from Plymouth in Massachusetts. I live in a city called New Bedford.
I live in California near San Francisco and we are the only ones that do clam chowder right. 0:53
MIT and Harvard University are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not Boston. And yes, Cambridge, Massachusetts is also named after Cambridge, England.
🙄 no one likes a try hard Jan.
Boston and Boston metro are synonymous.
It’s part of the Boston Metropolitan Area.
@@JC-hp7pc Yes, Cambridge is part of the Boston Metropolitan area, but that does not change the fact that MIT and Harvard University are not in Boston, they are in the city of Cambridge.
@@JC-hp7pc It's right across the river from the city of Boston, but it's a city in its own right and is in a different county.
If you can’t tell where Boston ends and Cambridge begins with visual cues aside from signs, it’s the same city.
I live in Connecticut, in a small town named after Berkhamsted in the UK. On one side the next town over is New Hartford, on the other side Winchester, then Norfolk, all named after UK towns, cities, burgs, whistle stops, what have you.
Then we also have Stratford, home of the Shakespeare Theater. Oh and also Avon, to get the whole town where the famous bard resided.
Good research, Laurence.
I do like the mentions of Boston, Worcester and Lynn ... but in between Boston and Worcester, we have Marlborough. Checking recent census numbers for both, we have almost 5x the population of our Wiltshire counterpart.
Framingham also has about 20x its English counterpart.
@@johncassani6780 I thought there wasn't a Framingham in England? But there is a Framlingham.
Kittery in Maine was named after the birthplace of a founder, Alexander Shapleigh, from his manor of Kittery Court at Kingswear in Devon, England.
Kingswear in Devon is close to the mouth of the river Dart and opposite the much larger town of Dartmouth. Our river and towns are very closely linked to early settlers. We’re famous for hosting the Mayflower when she came in with the Speedwell, for repairs.
Dartmouth and Kingswear in Devon are small in population but huge in the history of seafarers and America.
There is also Newark, California, ~pop. 48,000
and Richmond, CA pop over 100,000
And Lancaster CA. Also over 100,000
I was born in Worcester MA. My whole family is from there, and my great grandfather worked at the metal and screw factories you included in the video.
Richmond, VA native. Have to admit you got me curious about the prices of homes in Richmond on the Thames in case I ever wanted to get a second home in our sister city. After finding out, I am now seeking to find out if Warren Buffet will adopt me because that will be the only way I could afford one there.
Didn’t expect Lynn to make the list at all. The OG Sin City 😂 Born and raised but live one town over in Salem (Witch City) now. Quite a bit of history there too. Sometimes called, “The City of Firsts.” First jet engine produced at GE River Works in Lynn, First ever tanning bed, first show The Rolling Stones ever played in the states was at Manning Bowl in Lynn, and the list goes on.
I just freakin love this stuff. Keep it up.
Lived just outside of Dover Delaware. There is also a Newark, pronounced New-Ark Delaware.
0:15
And there's a Dover, NJ too!
(In fact, there were two Dovers in NJ, the Town of Dover in Northern NJ and Dover Township in South Jersey...Dover Twp was the true name for the better known moniker Toms River - has to do with the Federal Post Office named as per the locals, but the official name of the entire body politic was "Dover" ... The city fathers got soooo tired of dealing with the confusion, they finally gave into reality and officially changed the name to Toms River Township, about 15 years ago...)
@@marieroberts5664When driving home from college the first time, I saw a sign for Dover and thought I was very seriously lost. This was pre-cell phone and so I prayed that my AAA Trip-tik was correct. When I arrived home, I opened a map to discover that there was indeed another Dover here in NJ. Those of us down here tend to call it Toms River but, we do also know it as Dover Township.
there is one in California too
As a NASCAR fan, can confirm on the Dover NASCAR connection. The Monster Mile do be a very fun track to see racing at, typically puts on a good show. Biggest concrete-paved track on the schedule
Are you aware of Wanker’s Corner in Oregon? It’s an unincorporated town where I5 meets I205.
oo love your vids!
Brilliant video❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the Worcester shout out! It’s also the birthplace of Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry!
My daughter recently moved from CA to MA...just up the road from where she lives there's a "Grays Beach"....and there's a Grays Beach in Essex, and she could see it out the window, when she was growing up
Dallas, TX may have been named for a town in Scotland. It's uncertain, as it might have been named for one of various people who took their surname from that town.
There is also a Dallastown PA which is definitely named for George M Dallas, Vice President of the US 1845-1849. He wanted to annex all of Mexico after the Mexican American War, which would certainly have solved the immigration problem. Surprised that in going after Greenland Canada, and the Panama Canal, the idea of Making Mexico the 52nd state has not occurred to our insane leader.
@@jameshorn270 that probably would have been impossible, that's why the Spanish couldn't hold onto the territory because they were too far away in Mexico City
I lived in Kentucky. We had Florence, Paris, London, Frankfort, Versailles. None of them are all that spectacular. But Florence is synonymous with "Yall" so we got that going for us.
And it’s “Ver-Sails”
All the greatest hits 😂
IRL: MN has a city named Geneva on a lake. Another Warsaw is near me, and so is "German Lake" and "Sweedes Bay". It's wetland and freezes in winter too. Cold and wet vs cold and wet.
@@nathanandsugar5252 Lake Geneva in Wisconsin and Geneva, NY on Geneva Lake. Geneva, IL is on a dammed Fox River
8:49 Lost its footing was clever and funny. Thanks for the laugh.
On the subject of American towns with European names on them, one of these days there should be a version of Homer's Odyssey set in upstate New York, where a guy's trying to get from Troy to Ithaca, with diversions to Syracuse among other places.
Not to mention Greece, Geneva and Rome!
Wicked awesome video. and yup in Boston we cross the street wherever we like!!
I don't live in a city, I live in a township.
I used to live in a village. In Northern Michigan.
@joegee2815 Townships are awesome! ~~💕 🏡🌲🏠🌲
i live in a small village in NY named Avon.
Hello from Boston UK. I never suspected youtube sensation Lawrence, or anyone outside of Lincolnshire, to provide media attention to Boston!
Hello fellow Bostonian from across the pond (we call ourselves that idk why)
@@hmgrant97as long as you don’t call yourself Irish
Hey British Brother 😊👋🏼💜 I’m from Delaware and I completely lost my shit when you mentioned us! 😂 We are so small we barely get recognized. So it made it smile when I saw it come on the screen. Plus I know a little bit of Delaware’s British history so I was anticipating the shoutout. I love you Lawrence you’re my 3rd favorite Brit (1st being Julie Andrews and 2nd being Kate Winslet sorry I loved them longer) 😂😘💜
Woohoo, Lawrence mentioned my home city! And while I live next door in Salem now, I work around the corner from that postcard location (Wyoma Square)!
Lyme, Connecticut was named after Lyme Regis, in SW England. While a.) it's not a city and b.) it's not QUITE out-populated the origin of its name, it's (in)famous for a different reason: The first recorded cases of the tick-borne "Lyme Disease" were found there in 1975.
Just offshore from Old Lyme is the Plum Island, a top-secret biowar facility whose "legit" purpose was supposedly working on vaccines for animals. Coincidence? I think NOT!
Pro Tip: If you're ever visiting MIT or Harvard don't say they are in Boston - it won't go over well with the locals. Please know the difference between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cambridge is also named for a city in England! Both Massachusetts and Cambridgeshire cities are important academic towns of similar sizes, although England's is a bit bigger.
I'm a local and I don't give a shite. I say MIT and Harvard are in Boston all the time.
America's oldest warship, the USS Constitution, is in Boston harbor. My nephew was the ship's historian for a tour in the Navy. And he's got a model of him in early 19th century midshipman's dress there.
Ha'-vid Squayah, were there is no place to pahk.
@@johnpasquale7095 --- YARD, not Square. The phrase "park your car in Harvard Yard" is a slang term used to test someone's Boston accent. The phrase is pronounced with a non-rhotic accent, which means the "r" in "car" is dropped.
Explanation
The phrase is used to highlight regional accents, including the Harvard accent
The Harvard accent is a blend of accents from New England prep schools, Greater Boston Irish-Americans, and Midwesterners
The phrase is often repeated and has become a test of local authenticity
The phrase is considered an irritating cliche to people with Boston accents
Fun fact: there is also a Newark, Delaware, also (slightly) larger than its English namesake. A friend of mine recently traveled there by accident when she got on the wrong train -- she was trying to get to Newark, New Jersey.
The cringe-inducing pronunciation of the Delaware location might have helped her had it been said aloud by anyone connected with the train (Amtrak?).
@ Well the natives there (Yes I have visited) do pronounce it "New- Ark" instead of "New-erk" as in the Jersey town pronounciation.
@@kalinystazvoruna8702 Yep, they're wrong. 😊
@ Whose wrong? New Jersey pronounciation or Jersey's?
@LabNYorkie The Delaware pronunciation is actually correct. Because the town was originally New Ark. It wasn't named after any place in England. The post office changed it to Newark but the pronunciation didn't change.
I grew up in Bristol, RI, USA which you featured in the opening, but has _not_ outgrown the Bristol in England that it is named after. It turns out there are a _lot_ of towns (and other entities) named Bristol (somelarger than Bristol, RI) in the eastern US, because it was typical for settlers landing in the colonies to pick a high ranked crew from the boat to run the administration (mostly defense) of the town. Since they had been a sailor they had often come from Bristol, England and would suggest that as the name for the colony.
Bristol, VT is probably a lot smaller than its RI counterpart.
Lawrence, look at a list of town names in Vermont … soo unimaginative… 😂
I grew up in Boston . Born 52 and Britain's Boston was much like the area of Somerville well into the 60's. But like you said it exploded, I remember going to Harvard Square till they built a highway through it.
In southeastern PA, there is a Reading, Berks County named after Reading, Berkshire England. So far, the mother city (technically a borough) has a substantial population margin (174,000 versus 95,000), but stay tuned.
You didn't mention my city, but my mom was born and raised in Lynn MA. So I'll take it
How come you do not drive? Btw, love your channel!
Of all the things I never thought I'd see on this channel, this was the Lynn-iest!
The city lost its footing. Nice!
I grew up in Lynn! Three fun facts. One: that beach STINKS in summertime. They've tried various solutions for decades and still can't get rid of the smell. Even Harvard researchers can't figure out how the hell to get rid of it, because it's caused by a particularly pernicious form of algae that just will not go the eff away. Two: while many cities and towns in New England have a 'common' (a park in or near the center of town, so named because once upon a time it was the common area where city dwellers could graze the family cow), Lynn Common is made up of two parks, commonly (heh) referred to as the Big Common and the Little Common, separated by a small turn so you don't have to drive all the way the hell down the far end to get around the thing. The outline of the common is vaguely shaped like a shoe, albeit one with a REALLY narrow heel. Three: Lynn, Lynn, the City of Sin, you never come out the way you came in. (IYKYK)
Here in Texas, the towns named after European cities have always intrigued me. Many have cultures that echo their namesakes: Berlin, Athens, Dublin, Edinburgh, Geneva, Liverpool, London, Moscow, Naples, Newcastle, Paris-to name just a few. It's always fascinating to visit and see how aspects of the old cultures have been preserved.
I would like a fun video about “Uncle Toby” please. You can completely make it up, I would probably still like it.
Dover always makes me think of My Fair Lady and my favorite gal, Audrey. "Come on, Dover! Move your bloomin #$%!"
Dover makes me think of the old saying Bend-Over
@@davidnull5590 I thought his name was Ben? 😆
You haven't seen aggressive jaywalking until you've been to Manhattan on a weekday.
Classic scene in "Midnight Cowboy" encapsulates it. Look for Dustin Hoffman taxi cab scene in aforementioned film.
My falther worked Newark during the time of the riots in the late 60s. It was rather a run down pit at the time. My mother worried everytime he went in (we lived in a different NJ suburb of NYC).
[Re Mondly ad, hmmm...17 plates of fish. Sounds like the Cat from Red Dwarf.]
Staten Island, NYC, retains it's Dutch name but is within Richmond County and has a Richmond Road running through it.
Ratzo Rizzo for NYC Mayor! We need that "I'm walkin' here!" swagger back.
I live in the city of Newark and work in the airport known as Newark Liberty international airport I'm happy that you put Newark in here it made my day😊
Born and raised in a Lancaster in the US that is almost exactly the same size as the original Lancaster in England.
I grew up in Newark (NJ). We were all taught growing up about Newark-on-Trent being the namesake. There are about 25 Newark’s in the US. Also, locals in the Garden State pronounce it /Nork/ like fork.
A friend from uni moved to Boston, Mass, for work. A few years later, we moved to Oakham in Rutland, which is fairly close to the English Boston, so I sent him a joke text with "greetings from Oakham, which is quite close to Boston". His response took me by surprise: "You are in Oakham? We MUST meet!" That is how I found out that there is an Oakham in Massachusetts, too, but our's was still bigger, despite its modest size of around 12-15,000.
oh, u lived in Lancaster, UK? nice! sending greetings from Lancaster rn! :)
Thanks Lawrence👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Worcester finally getting some of the recognition it deserves. If only the person who wrote the forward for the Canterbury Classics edition of Isabel Hapgood's translation of Les Miserables had given it the same respect Lawrence did
I used to live in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Here in WA state, we have a town called George. George, WA. George, Washington.
George Washington. 😂
I love these kinds of videos, Lawrence. The English influence in colonial America was massive.