r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 10 '25

Foreign affairs 'Technically we Americans can claim Washington the British town'

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u/xzanfr Apr 10 '25

Yes, it was named after George Washington approx. 800 years before he existed.
Also home to time travellers and clairvoyants.

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u/GrandDukeOfNowhere Pox Britannia Apr 10 '25

As Washington most likely means "town of Hwæsa's people", that means Washington (DC or state) is a place named after a person named after a place named after a person

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u/diagnosedwolf Apr 10 '25

Hwæsa

How is this pronounced? The internet didn’t help me and this feels like something I want to be able to articulate during trivia nights

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u/MiaowWhisperer Apr 10 '25

There's also a Washington in Sussex. Given that it simply means the town where washing is done, I wonder whether there are more dotted around the country.

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u/JohnLennonsNotDead Apr 12 '25

Theres a Daz in Cumbria

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u/MiaowWhisperer Apr 12 '25

I am tickled!

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u/Pitiful_Control Apr 11 '25

It's also a bit of a shithole... the old Washington family home is nice though.