>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
>> Other way round. :-P
> 
> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)

The truth is far, far weirder than that...

>>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell". 
>>> Really.
>> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
> 
> My guess with regards to the town of Toast is that the first settlers 
> looked at the space and said "this lovely field is toast - we're building 
> a town here." ;-)

Well, they *were* American. :-P

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