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Subject: Re: City names - which do you like?
Author: Ismene   (Authenticated as Madyson)
Date: May 22, 2012 at 12:25:50 PM
Reply to: City names - which do you like? by Caprice
Vienna - I want to like it but I can't help but think of vienna sausage
Paris - LOVE it on a boy
Geneva - Like a lot
London - like on boy
Bristol - eh, it's ok. Makes me think of gristle
Salamanca - salamander?
Segovia
Valencia - like ok but I hear valence
Evora - like it
Venetia - I think of Venetian blinds.... Valencia and Venetia could be great for an interior designer :P
Ravenna - LOOOVE
Milan - like ok. I'm picturing it on a boy
Taormina (a place in Sicily)
Florence
Siena
Verona - like ok
Roma - I think of tomatoes
Genova
Vicenza
Valletta - pretty
Odessa - like a lot
Varna - eh, not crazy about 'ar' sound in general
Constanta
Lhasa - Apso
Manila - folder
Alexandria
Sydney - I LOVE Sidney on a boy. Sydney is ok but I fear more "feminine" looking
Adelaide - hate it
Vegas - I like Vega on a girl. Vegas would just be a cruel joke
Austin - hate it. Flimsy and dated
Savannah - it's ok
Washington - I'd like it on someone else's kid
Kingston - kind of cool
Havana - I like the sound of it
Lima - beans
Messina - Jo-Dee
Marsala - Chicken. It's ok though - I'd just personally opt for Marcella
Honiara (capital of Solomon islands) - I could like this... if I new how it was properly pronounced
Nouméa (capital of New Caledonia) - same here
Samarinda (city in Indonesian Borneo) - eh, it's ok

I'm just neutral to those I didn't comment on.


I also like the sounds of... (ok I'm generalizing PLACE names here)

Ithaca, Berlin, Belarus, Austria, Persia, Aberdeen, Abilene, Alberta, India, Sicily

Toulouse, Calgary, Salem, Boston, Hadrian, Raleigh, Macon

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This message was edited by the author on May 22, 2012 at 12:38:30 PM

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