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Old 24-11-2007, 12:49 PM #1
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ok so this is a game thats very simple and all you have to do is say where your from and 3 things its famous for. it can be funny eduacational whatever 3 facts you want to tell the forum about where you live!
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Old 24-11-2007, 01:28 PM #2
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I do live in Marseille, Southern France:

1. Second city of France.
2. 2nd biggest port in Europe.
3. A long beautiful beach with hot sun all year long.
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Oxford:

Sherlock Holmes
Oxford University
JRR Tolkein/CS Lewis
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I don't know what SE is famous for, so I'll say London.

London
- Capital city of the UK
- Parliament/Attractions
- 2012 Olympics.
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Old 24-11-2007, 02:14 PM #5
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accrington lancashire

1: Accrinngton stanley
2: Accrington pals in the first world war
3: Janice and hayley from coronation street come from it
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Torquay:

Birthplace of Agatha Christie
Fawlty Towers
WKD is made here

[lots more though. Like Lily Cole, Emily from Hope haha]
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Rutland:
1)Smallest County In England, its only 18 x 17 miles
2)Only 2 towns in Rutland, Oakham and Uppingham
3) In the first episode of the British comedy series Blackadder, the title character claims that if he loses a battle "I'll be chopped to pieces...my genitalia stuck up a tree somewhere in Rutland".
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Galway,the west of Ireland

1)fastest growing city in Europe
2)hourse racing
3)oister festival
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No comment on that...Paris has been robbed !
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I would say For Nottingham is
1) Goosefair A Very Big Thing Here
2) Nottingham Castle
3) Sherwood forest
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I don't think the place where I live is famous for anything.
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No comment on that...Paris has been robbed !
LOL Haterrr.
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Portsmouth:

Birthplace of Charles Dickens
Birthplace of Katy Sexton, the first British female swimmer to win gold
Spinnaker Tower the tallest accessible structure in the United Kingdom outside of London.
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Cork City , Ireland :

- Binge Drinking
- Bad ecstacy
- Rory Gallagher & Cillian Murphy
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Hackney, London

1) Leona Lewis Born Here
2) Famous For Being The Worst Place To Live In The UK In 2006
3) Big Brother 6's Maxwell Lives Here

London :

1) 2012 Olympics
2) One Of The Biggest Capital Cities In The World
3) Fashion Capital Of The UK
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- 2012 Olympics.
No comment on that...Paris has been robbed !
LOL Haterrr.
I'm not joking ! London didn't deserve it !
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- 2012 Olympics.
No comment on that...Paris has been robbed !
LOL Haterrr.
I'm not joking ! London didn't deserve it !
Every French person will say that though, if London wasn't the right city for the olympics then we wouldn't have been given them.....
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- 2012 Olympics.
No comment on that...Paris has been robbed !
LOL Haterrr.
I'm not joking ! London didn't deserve it !
The Olympic Committee begs to differ.
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Stevenage:

1.Became the first new town after the second world war.
2.Birthplace of F1 Racer Lewis Hamilton.
3.Birthplace of England and Aston Villa football player,Ashley Young.
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Swansea:
1.The second welsh capital (after Cardiff).
2.Birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas and actress Catherine Zeta Jones.
3.Gower named the first ever 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' in the UK.
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Dublin, Ireland
- Capital city of Ireland
- Home of Guinness
- U2, Molly Malone, Spiral... all the big A-Lister's.
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Dublin, Ireland
- Capital city of Ireland
- Home of Guinness
- U2, Molly Malone, Spiral... all the big A-Lister's.
Spiral from Big Brother ? Him a A-Lister ?

Anyway, I love Guinness...
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Ballymena (Northern Ireland)

Liam Neason from here.
Grayham Norton has routes in Ballymena.
President of USA born here. (Arthur something)
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