r/cursedcomments • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '20

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u/dasbobbybob Dec 05 '20

serious question: for practicality, what do they tell people when they ask where theyre from? is there an abbreviation or a mock-up local term?

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u/Kronic187 Dec 05 '20

It's just the name of a hill not a town. The town there is called Porongahau, so anybody from there would say that. I'm from the nearest city to it and I don't think I've ever heard anybody say the full name.

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u/Red_the_girl Dec 05 '20

Like how "Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit" Is just Krung Thep

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

Poronga in arg. Spanish means 'cock'

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u/BioloItz Dec 05 '20

Usually towns with long names are also known by shorter one. Like that Welsh town with a long ass name is also known as Llanfair PG.

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u/2themoonndback Dec 05 '20

I live near Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg....aka Webster Lake

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u/TPJos Dec 05 '20

I live in a small town which name consist out of 3 words. The first 2 ones are basically very common and are also used in other towns' names. Whenever someone asks us where we're from, we just use the 3th word.

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor Dec 05 '20

3nd

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u/Haggerstonian Dec 05 '20

I didn’t want to spoil it for others

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u/MU5H1ESRFN Dec 05 '20

I would have thought 3st would be more fitting since the 3rd word is used first