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   Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 05:51:56 JST Deniz Opal

   Torpenhow Hill.

   When the Saxons arrived and asked the Welsh the name of that hill, the Welsh said "pen" which means "hill" in Welsh. So the Saxons used their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).

   Then the Norse arrived and the same process added the their world for hill "Haugr". So now it was Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).

   Later, the English called it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

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     MostlyTato (mostlytato@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 06:01:55 JST MostlyTato

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     @selzero
     Torpenhow wins the Tautology naming 😀 there's also Pendle Hill (hill hill hill) and the River Avon (river river)

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 07:53:43 JST Deniz Opal

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     • David Nash

     @dpnash is that where they mine tartar sauce?

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     David Nash (dpnash@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 07:53:44 JST David Nash

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     @selzero My favorite example of this is still the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles.

     "la brea" = "the tar" in Spanish, so we have the the tar tar pits in LA.