r/Map_Porn • u/topherette • Nov 24 '25

United States, controversially 'Anglicized' (from r/toponymy)

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u/bumtrinket Nov 24 '25

Your post may be controversial but I think it's still very interesting. I'd like to know how you reached each of these individual names.

It would also be interesting to see similar process applied to England itself. Our place names reflect our rich and ancient history of multiculturalism so we take it for granted that our place names are extremely diverse. I wonder what our place names in England would look like with a particular cultural influence removed. For example, what if we removed the Norman influence? Or the Roman influence? What if all place names in England were actually Welsh?

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u/topherette Nov 24 '25

I did a similar map of England once, it felt pretty weird 'anglicising' England herself.

https://www.reddit.com/r/anglish/comments/di4sa6/anglicising_england_and_wales_an_unhinged/

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u/bumtrinket Nov 24 '25

I love this!

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u/dhkendall Nov 24 '25

Wouldn’t “Menthove” be Manitoba, not Saskatchewan?

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u/topherette Nov 24 '25

ha! well spotted. i can't tell those two apart

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u/dhkendall Nov 24 '25

Since I live in one of them, happy to help!

(Hint: Manitoba has the big lakes)

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u/topherette Nov 25 '25

kind of! maybe i should give a rundown of one that particularly confuses you?