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Ad-free for me too in Norway. Probably due to UBlock Origin rather than the location though.
It says adblocker detected, then tells you how to reconfigure your blocker to allow their adverts. Ublock Origin instructions are included.
> Tintern, in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire
There's also plenty of "upon the"s and "x-in-y" (ie: Henly-in-Arden). Not just the England but seems just as common in Scotland, or even more common.
I can imagine the early computer systems of the postal organization having to deal with these quirks.
[1] apparently "weird" is being taken as bad or something. I like weird.
You have to love the s/weird/unusual [1] names of places in the UK (and it looks like a beautiful area from the small picture): > Tintern, in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire There's also plenty of "upon the"s and "x-in-y" (ie: Henly-in-Arden). Not just the England but seems just as common in Scotland, or even more common. I can imagine the early computer systems of the postal organization having to deal with these quir…
You have to love the s/weird/unusual [1] names of places in the UK (and it looks like a beautiful area from the small picture): > Tintern, in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire There's also plenty of "upon the"s and "x-in-y" (ie: Henly-in-Arden). Not just the England but seems just as common in Scotland, or even more common. I can imagine the early computer systems of the postal organization having to deal with these quir…
You have to love the s/weird/unusual [1] names of places in the UK (and it looks like a beautiful area from the small picture): > Tintern, in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire There's also plenty of "upon the"s and "x-in-y" (ie: Henly-in-Arden). Not just the England but seems just as common in Scotland, or even more common. I can imagine the early computer systems of the postal organization having to deal with these quir…
What’s weird about that?
It seems they were more likely to stick to singular words here in NA when naming regions. So it's interesting to me? Is that taboo or something?
Did anyone else read the subject line and think of a particular blonde journalist, his puppy, and his alcoholic, sea-faring friend?
maybe if it was discovered by a "Snerwy" :P
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What’s weird about that?
Well for one thing it didn't seem to transfer over to North America when the Brits (and French, etc) were naming towns and cities here in Canada, and the US...where I grew up. It's like a legacy thing. It seems they were more likely to stick to singular words here in NA when naming regions. So it's interesting to me? Is that taboo or something?
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maybe if it was discovered by a "Snerwy" :P
I collect TinTin commics in different languages, out of this fantasy that attempting to read them is going to teach me those languages (I mean, it can't hurt, right?). And I was completely blown away that Snowy has a different name in most of the different versions (most of the time, it's some variation of the translation of "chalky"), but Cpt Haddock is always "Haddock".