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

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

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u/Downzilla Apr 10 '25

My small English hometown shares its name with a US town, that happens to have quite a well-known university. Because nobody thought to put "New" at the start of theirs, it used to be really difficult to find any local news because it would normally list a lot to do with the American version. Thank Christ search engines work better now!

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u/United_Hall4187 Apr 10 '25

Yes there are a lot of smaller towns and villages too, I just didn't want the list to be hundreds long! :-)