Anyone else has a slight cringe when people refer to it as London, England
or Paris, France?
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 9:51,
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Though it works the
other way too. I once saw a Bollywood film that was set in "London" and which clearly had Edinburgh castle and Edinburgh tour buses passing in the background during one of the songs. Pure class!
[edit] Said film is "Yeh Hai Jalwa" uk.imdb.com/title/tt0328671/ ...if anyone cares.
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 10:20,
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[edit] Said film is "Yeh Hai Jalwa" uk.imdb.com/title/tt0328671/ ...if anyone cares.
Raj Saxena (Salman Khan) goes to London, expecting his long lost Dad (Rishi Kapoor) to warmly greet him. But things do not go as planned.
That's probably because he was in Edinburgh, while his dad waited for him at a London airport.
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 10:37,
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Yeah, it's a short film
involving a lot shots of Gatwick arrivals lounge.
No wonder it didn't clean up at the Oscars...
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 10:42,
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No wonder it didn't clean up at the Oscars...
I hope it involved a lot of Indian stewardesses dancing at the airports
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 10:46,
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No
Considering that there is both a London and a Paris here in Ontario. There's even a Tottenham north of Toronto, a small town surrounded by peaceful farmland, with nary a looter in sight.
Every year I read a story about some fool who thinks they're getting a cheap holiday in Australia, but wind up booking a week in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Details matter.
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Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:08,
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Every year I read a story about some fool who thinks they're getting a cheap holiday in Australia, but wind up booking a week in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Details matter.
Yezbut
London, England is one of the most populous, and culturally and economically important, cities in the world. London, Ontario is not. London, Ontario requires the suffix; "London" on its own refers to the city in England.
It's like, if I talk about Bruce Willis, then it's pretty obvious I'm referring to the movie star rather than some nonentity who happens to be called Bruce Willis.
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Wed 10 Aug 2011, 6:49,
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It's like, if I talk about Bruce Willis, then it's pretty obvious I'm referring to the movie star rather than some nonentity who happens to be called Bruce Willis.