On 24/01/2016 07:32 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:

>> The trouble with these mythical lands, much like Tolkien, is that all
>> the nouns sound so utterly identical that it's *really hard* to follow
>> what the *hell* is going on!
>
> I wonder where they got a silly idea like that!
>
> BedfordshireBerkshire
> Buckinghamshire
> Cambridgeshire
> Cheshire
> Derbyshire
> Gloucestershire
> Hampshire
> Herefordshire
> Hertfordshire <--- 1 whole character different!
> Lancashire
> Leicestershire
> Lincolnshire
> Northamptonshire
> Nottinghamshire
> Oxfordshire
> Shropshire
> Staffordshire
> Warwickshire
> Wiltshire
> Worcestershire
> East Riding of Yorkshire
> North Yorkshire
> South Yorkshire
> West Yorkshire

...and yet, The Shire is in New Zealand. Go figure.

Still, at least these are *pronounceable*! :-P I'm still trying to 
figure out Aragorn and Arwen. The way they pronounce them in the films 
is nearly indistinguishable...

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