MattNov 11
John Regehr
I hope that I can ruin your day by getting you to read this map (courtesy wikipedia) of US town names that are portmanteaus of the two (or sometimes more) states they are near the borders of
Nov 10 at 11:45pmWeb
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
how much better would it have been if the old film Mississippi Masala had been called Missala Masala??
Show threadBen RosengartNov 11
@regehr you know that film’s director’s son is the mayor-elect of NYC, yes?
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@fivetonsflax I only learned this recently! but for sure it's why that movie was in my mind at all
Show threadrntzNov 13

@fivetonsflax @regehr wait WHAT

(!!!) I need to go rewatch some films now

Show threadMichael EngelNov 10
@regehr Latex... 😀
Show thread14missionNov 11
@me_ @regehr No I think it's LaTeX.
Show threadR.L. LENov 11
@14mission @me_ @regehr Yes; but let me indent the first paragraph by hitting the space bar five times on this Win XP Word 98 doc file
Show threadarclightNov 16
@14mission @me_ @regehr The overfull \hbox of Caddo Parish.
Show threadcliffleNov 10

@regehr I successfully hit Cal-Nev-Ari, Calzona, and Calexico in a single trip.

Wanted to hit Mexicali too but the wildfires interfered.

Show threadLRNov 10
@regehr i love this
Show threadrntzNov 10
@regehr "the Calexico-Mexicali metropolitan area" yeesh
Show threadBrian CampbellNov 10

@regehr Was wondering what the heck Kymo is, couldn't even find it on Wikipedia.

Did find the page on Wikipedia with the map, which does have an explanation for Kymo, as well as the legend for what the colors mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_portmanteaus

List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

Show threadmarkusdeNov 10

@regehr "Ucolo" & "Urado"

oh my god it's even worse than I expected

Show threadmarkusdeNov 11
@regehr no wait I take it back "Canida" is the most unforgivable
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Nov 11
@regehr thank you this is upsetting
Show threadSludgeNov 11
@whitequark @regehr Ohiowa
Show threadR.L. LENov 11
@SludgePhD @whitequark @regehr That's 40 percent towards what you'd need to actually yodel
Show threadErika 🔜 39c3Nov 11
@whitequark ready and valid street going across the border
Show threadcomp_ed82Nov 11
@regehr I had to save that for future reference.. thank you for sharing this 😊
Show threadDevNov 11
@regehr this is giving me the same vibes as the Japanese video game makers imagining American names
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@dev also see anime names, they're so bad
Show threadR.L. LENov 11
@regehr @dev Karl Dandleton aptly warned, we have nothing to lose but our crypto wallets
Show threadSteve CanonNov 11
@dev @regehr Ah, Bobson Dugnutt, brings me back.
Show threadme·ta·phil, derNov 11
@steve @dev @regehr oh yeah what's he been up to, lately?
Show threadLRNov 11
@steve @dev @regehr .oO( bobson trucknut )
Show threadDen of EarthNov 11
@dev @regehr
Bonus points if anyone can remember where this is from... Surprised John Bigbootay isn't there!
Show threadJames WidmanNov 11

@dev @regehr i also like that these almost sound like names of star wars characters

(some of them)

Show threadliferstateNov 11
@regehr @jalefkowit Amazing resource for science fiction writers who need character names.
Show threadCharles EckmanNov 11
@regehr (edit: found the article) - huh, doesn't mark the whole Delmarva peninsula
Show threadAsta [AMP]Nov 11
@regehr Welcome to Calzona! Home to definitely not what you're thinking of!
Show thread🚲Nov 11
@regehr @SnoopJ Challenge: reconstruct the actual state names using only this map and logic, pretending you are unaware of their real names
Show threadLRNov 11
@dx @regehr @SnoopJ i did this. works pretty well.
Show threadAnderson for President '80Nov 11
@regehr Lake Wissota was mentioned in Titanic even though it wouldn't exist until 1917 and the Titanic sank in 1912.
Show thread14missionNov 11

@regehr There must be kazillions of really local place names on the borders of towns:

Carlmont High School and Shopping Center: San Carlos and Belmont, CA

Herdondo Blvd: Hermosa and Redondo Beaches, CA.

Show thread14missionNov 11
@regehr Do any other countries do this?
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@14mission unfortunately so! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_portmanteaus
List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

Show threadGeorge BNov 11

@regehr @14mission

The border portmanteaus section is virtually entirely the US though

Show thread14missionNov 11
@gbargoud The US is kind of unique for having mapped out states first and building towns later. And we have a lot of arbitrary compas-grid borders that make border-spanning towns more likely (instead of rivers or mountain ranges).
Show threadRob RicciNov 11
@regehr all the Utah ones are so uninspired
Show threadRob RicciNov 11
@regehr except Wyuta, that's ok
Show threadGood Boy/Slut NickNov 12

@ricci @regehr I live in Cache Valley where "Utida" is supposedly located. I've never heard of it. A quick Google search seems to think it's "A neigborhood of Cornish" which... does a town of 287 have distinct neighborhoods? Or maybe just on the Idaho side of Cornish, but that's Weston and Weston has 587 people. It shouldn't really have distinct neighborhoods either.

And Calneva is a resort on Tahoe I think, not a town...

As such I'm skeptical of all of this map now.

Other than Texarkana.

Show threadeuroplus Nov 11
@regehr @a2_4am Latex 🤭
Show threadShawnT 🔧🐀Nov 11
@regehr My home town is on this map!
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@phaysis which one??
Show threadC.S.StrowbridgeNov 11

@regehr

Wyodak isn't even that close to the border. I am legitimately mad at this.

Show threadleftofcentreNov 11
@regehr keeps gettin worse
Show threadleftofcentreNov 11
@regehr actually now 'texarkana' kinda makes sense
Show threadSpace HoboNov 11
@regehr This is the Bobson Dugnutt of #maps.
Show threadE. C. BigribsNov 11

@regehr
"Florgia"

I think that was Matt Gaetz's constituency.

Show threadBen RosengartNov 11
@regehr this has extremely @janellecshane vibes
Show threadMichael SokolovNov 11
@regehr this nonsense stops at Chicago?
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@msokolov the map stops but the nonsense certainly does not
Show threadMichael SokolovNov 11
@regehr isn't there a Delmarva?
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@msokolov that's the one I was thinking of
Show threadMichael SokolovNov 11
@regehr I think there is also Vershire.
Show threadNicolas BachschmidtNov 11
@msokolov @regehr There is also New York, which is a portmanteau of New Jersey and New York.
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Show threadJessamynNov 11
@regehr Any day I am reminded to go listen to more Calexico is a good day.