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All cities more populous than every other city north of them (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 years ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] HenryWong327@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was curious about Alert's name, and assumed it was because the town served as an alerting system for something, but I looked it up and turns out it's cause a ship called HMS Alert wintered there.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also I've only ever heard it pronounced the French way: "ah-LAIR"

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I wish I knew people who talked about Alert (or Alert as I guess I will now start pronouncing it).

While we’re at it? It’s actually pronounced gif.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Wow that is remarkably disappointing. How could such a savage and uninvited place have such a scary name? By chance, essentially.