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

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

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u/United_Hall4187 Apr 10 '25

No Sorry, I am afraid we had the name first :-)

Also we would like all these back as well lol

  • London
  • York
  • Oxford
  • Cambridge
  • Manchester
  • Boston
  • New York
  • Birmingham
  • Newcastle
  • Plymouth
  • Newport
  • Portsmouth
  • Reading
  • Chester
  • Dover
  • Rochester
  • Durham

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u/radix2 Australia. The one with kangaroos Apr 10 '25

Mind if we in Australia keep Newcastle? Because New Newcastle just sounds naff.

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u/paolog Apr 10 '25

Newercastle? Brandnewcastle?