The road sign city name photo game

[Dougtone]

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If I post a picture of a town ending with å, ø, ë, etc., does the next person need to start with å, ø, ë, etc., or are a, o, and e fine?

My suggestion is that the person posting something with that sort of character also state what the most common transliteration is. For example, I've seen Ã...rhus spelled as "Aarhus" when the "Ã..." character is impractical or undesirable, and I've seen Düsseldorf spelled as "Duesseldorf" for similar reasons. I have no idea how any other characters transliterate. So my thought is that if, for example, something ended in "ü" (I have no idea whether any do), the person posting it could tell us whether it's more correct to interpret it as a plain "u" or as a "ue."

I have a Cyrillic sign queued up if I get the right opportunity.....

I'll agree that we should state the most common transliteration (in parentheses would be fair enough) in a case like that. Of course, with this game, we really only have to be concerned with the leading or ending letter. Aarhus is a good example of that.

[Dougtone]

Kentwood -> Dighton

[jbnv]

Dighton -> Newton


Texas 87 Exit by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[1995hoo]

Newton ---> New Salem (Pennsylvania)

[jbnv]

New Salem -> Madisonville


LA 1077 Goodbee/Madisonville Marker by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[oscar]

Madisonville => Enterprise (NT)

[jbnv]

Enterprise -> Eunice


LA 13 Directionals by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[Dougtone]

Eunice -> El Segundo

[jbnv]

El Segundo -> Orlando or Ocoee


View from FL 428 Flyover Ramp by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[1995hoo]

Slight threadjack....how do you pronounce "Ocoee"? We saw that name on signs last Christmas and couldn't decide how to say it.

[Dougtone]

Orlando -> Orléans

[oscar]

Orleans => South River or Sundridge (ON - take your pick, but I'd encourage South River  to get more Rs into the game):

[1995hoo]

South River ---> Rockville (it's an "e," workman notwithstanding)

[Dougtone]

Rockville -> Embrun

[Mapmikey]

Embrun -> Nasons


VA 20 Orange County

[Dougtone]

Nasons -> Stony Brook

[Mapmikey]

Stony Brook -> Kentuck


SR 729 near Danville

[oscar]

Kentuck => Kihei (HI):

[1995hoo]

Kihei ---> Indio

[jbnv]

Indio -> Old River-Winfree


Texas FM 565 Exit (Closed) from I-10 WB by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[jmd41280]

Old River-Winfree -> Ellsworth (PA)


Ellsworth Keystone Marker by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[oscar]

Ellsworth => Happy Valley-Goose Bay (NL):



Yeah, it ends in a "Y", but gimme a mulligan, since it lets me play my last usable Labrador photo, without waiting forever for someone to play a name ending in "P".

[Dougtone]

Happy Valley-Goose Bay -> Yoncalla

[jbnv]

Yoncalla -> Anahuac


Texas FM 563 Advance Sign with Context by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[oscar]

Anahuac => Carolina (PR):