11:36 Sep 4, 2015 |
German to English translations [PRO] Geography | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Kevin Fulton United States Local time: 15:54 | ||||||
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3 +1 | Podunk |
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3 +1 | Nowheresville |
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3 | Nether Piddle on the Marsh |
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Podunk Explanation: For US usage only https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podunk |
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Nowheresville Explanation: Again mainly US usage nowheresville US informal A place or situation of no significance, promise, or interest: ‘an unhappy girl stuck in industrial Nowheresville, UK’ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nowhere... OED Nowheresville, n. colloq. and humorous (orig. and chiefly U.S.). A largely unknown or uninteresting place, esp. a small, rural town; (also fig.) obscurity, insignificance, limbo. The BBC came in for a cyclone of criticism yesterday after a weatherman described the Western Isles as "nowheresville". http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12757934.display/ Similar idea in French: Trifouilly-les-Oies 1.(Familier) (Ironique) Localité rurale imaginaire, village perdu sans attrait particulier. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trifouilly-les-Oies Other options might be "back of beyond" or even things like Outer Mongolia or Timbuktu |
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Nether Piddle on the Marsh Explanation: Only works for the UK, I think. I suppose the American version would be something ending in -ville. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2015-09-05 15:06:55 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome. However, the answer chosen bears no similarity to your original supposition. In future, it might be best to state clearly from the outset that you are looking for American English. |
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