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Cleander
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Vienna, Austria

(I wonder if "slaughter" just refers to a place where livestock were butchered or something??....)

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Posted : March 6, 2020 11:49 am
waggawerewolf27
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Wilcannia, New South Wales, right up in the north western corner, & distinctly desert like.

(I wonder if "slaughter" just refers to a place where livestock were butchered or something??....)

Yess.. most likely, but, as well, there are heaps of pre 1066 battles in English history, some nobody might have heard of. It would be interesting to know what happened there.

Posted : March 6, 2020 12:03 pm
Courtenay
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Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

(I wonder if "slaughter" just refers to a place where livestock were butchered or something??....)

Yess.. most likely, but, as well, there are heaps of pre 1066 battles in English history, some nobody might have heard of. It would be interesting to know what happened there.

Nothing, actually. ;) According to Wikipedia and other sites (this is an interesting one), the name simply comes from "slough", meaning wet or muddy land. In fact, Upper Slaughter has been rated as a "Doubly Thankful Village" because it lost no men (or women) in either WW1 or WW2 — there are only 14 villages in the whole of England that have that distinction. So no slaughtering at all, despite what the name sounds like.

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Posted : March 6, 2020 8:03 pm
waggawerewolf27
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Xiangyang City, one of four cities starting with X in Hubei province, China.

So no slaughtering at all, despite what the name sounds like.

Thank you for the explanation. :) Sometimes people can get the wrong idea about place names. ;)

At the moment, in Sydney, it seems we are in the middle of the Great Self-Isolating Toilet Roll panic. At our major supermarkets we are only allowed to buy one packet of 18 rolls, or less, at a time, & we even have security staff enforcing it at checkouts. People are reporting thefts of such grocery items from shopping trolleys, backyard "dunnies" (Aussie term) & the like. It seems even the State Parliament was affected... I don't know whether to laugh or cry. =)) :(( Maybe things are a bit saner, South of the Border?

Posted : March 7, 2020 12:58 pm
coracle
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Yonkers, a town in USA ,featured in the stage and screen musical Hello Dolly.

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

Posted : March 7, 2020 1:59 pm
Courtenay
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Zierikzee, a small city not far from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

At the moment, in Sydney, it seems we are in the middle of the Great Self-Isolating Toilet Roll panic. At our major supermarkets we are only allowed to buy one packet of 18 rolls, or less, at a time, & we even have security staff enforcing it at checkouts. People are reporting thefts of such grocery items from shopping trolleys, backyard "dunnies" (Aussie term) & the like. It seems even the State Parliament was affected... I don't know whether to laugh or cry. =)) :(( Maybe things are a bit saner, South of the Border?

No, not according to my family (I'm back in the UK now). I heard from my sister a few days ago that her local Woolworths was completely out of toilet paper. I haven't yet needed to buy more of it over here, but I will in a couple of days — let's hope there's some left somewhere here in Kent... :-o

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

Posted : March 8, 2020 4:28 am
Cleander
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Amsterdam, Holland

Nothing, actually. ;) According to Wikipedia and other sites (this is an interesting one), the name simply comes from "slough", meaning wet or muddy land. In fact, Upper Slaughter has been rated as a "Doubly Thankful Village" because it lost no men (or women) in either WW1 or WW2 — there are only 14 villages in the whole of England that have that distinction. So no slaughtering at all, despite what the name sounds like.

Thanks for info! I'm always interested in learning new facts about ancient/medieval European history!
Well, even though the truth is somewhat boring, at least I have a new inspiration for fantasy place names...

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Posted : March 10, 2020 11:03 am
Courtenay
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Burpengary, Queensland, Australia (yes, that is another actual place name :D )

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

Posted : March 10, 2020 12:02 pm
waggawerewolf27
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Collarenebri is in the North West corner of NSW & the name in the Kamilaroi Aboriginal language means Place of Flowers. It may be, sometimes.

Posted : March 10, 2020 5:19 pm
coracle
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Deptford, a suburb of south east London,near Greenwich.

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

Posted : March 10, 2020 6:04 pm
Courtenay
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Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

Posted : March 10, 2020 11:10 pm
wild rose
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Florence, Italy

always be humble and kind

Posted : March 12, 2020 5:49 am
coracle
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Greenville, South Carolina, USA, where I am living until the end of April.

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

Posted : March 12, 2020 10:53 am
Cleander
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Hamburg, Germany

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Posted : March 12, 2020 3:29 pm
Courtenay
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Inverloch, Victoria, Australia

(which happens to be my old home town and is an absolutely beautiful place, not that I'm biased, of course :D )

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

Posted : March 12, 2020 10:37 pm
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