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Do any UK place names have non-ASCII characters? [closed]
Are they any place names in the UK that have non-ASCII characters?
I’m looking for any cities, towns, villages, etc. in the UK that use characters that aren’t in the basic ASCII range (code points ...
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“On/at/in the arena” [closed]
In the following sentence, which among 'in', 'on' and 'at' which one should be used?
There are a lot of such products in/on/at the arena.
I searched 'in the arena', 'on the arena' and 'at the ...
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What's the correct way to write the general location of someone in the USA? [closed]
I'd like to write where someone is from, on a website with an international context. The objective is to balance style, brevity and correctness. I only need country-level resolution, so if someone is ...
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In vs At “Place Prepositions” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which one is right? He works at XYZ company or in XYZ company?
I always get confused while using prepositions.
Should I say" It doesn't matter whether you work in X ...
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Pronunciation of “-thwaite”
Planning a trip to Huddersfield the other day, I happened across the nearby villages of Linthwaite (pronounced lin-fit) and Slaithwaite (pronounced slow-it, or slaw-it depending who you ask). Thinking ...
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Is the term “village” used in North America?
The post Difference between "town", "city" and "metropolis"? describes the usage of terms describing various sizes of cities. In the US, I have never encountered any ...
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How to say that a city is in the side of another city? Is it neighborhood city?
I live in Guarulhos city, which is right next to the city of São Paulo.
Can I say that Guarulhos is the neighbor of São Paulo?
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What does the most common usage of 'Korea' mean in modern-day English-speaking world?
On Meta.Travel.SE, we have a debate whether our 'Korea' tag should be mapped to 'South Korea'. One of the answers - from the moderator who made the synonym mapping - is that common usage of the word ...
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To or for usage: Places
Which of these is correct?
She is leaving for the USA.
or
She is leaving to the USA.
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Is there a term for referring to an organization by its city rather than by its name?
This happens specifically often in the technology press:
There's no point trying to ascribe motives to what Redmond [instead of "Microsoft"] does.
We'll see shortly if Cupertino [instead of ...
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When alphabetizing, which goes first?
When ordering these two names of places, which is first? Why?
Newark, New York
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Why is “Chop Gate” pronounced so strangely?
I was passing through the hamlet of Chop Gate (in North Yorkshire) the other day, and heard it referred to as "chop yat" (tʃɒp yæt). This source here concurs with that pronunciation.
Does anyone know ...
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What is the origin of the place name “Unthank”?
I was reading this question What is the reciprocal verb of "to thank"?, and naturally the (non existent, but surely quite useful) word unthank came to mind. I then recalled there are several places in ...
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What is the difference between “palazzo” and “palace”?
I have noticed that palazzo is used also in English, not only in Italian.
What is then the difference between palazzo (as used in English), and palace (which is an English word)?
