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This Man Designed an AI to Generate British Placenames
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As any American who tuned into the last British election realized, UK placenames are a bit out there (at least to American ears, that is), from Droop in Dorset to Westward Ho! in Devon. So Dan Ho decided to train a (quirky) AI to generate its own.
Here are some of the ones the computer crafted:
- Ospley
- Stoke Carrston
- Elfordbion
- Hevermilley
- Ell
- Elle’s Chorels
- Capton Briins Forehouint Eftte Green
- Waryburn Torner Midlwood
- Wasts Halkstack
- Kinindworthorpe Marmile
- Dompton Ole
- Dimmer Common
- Pairinggleat
- Catley Holtbridgeham Ruse
- Colon-in Mead
Check out the full list, as well as how he did it, here.
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3 Comments
These would be great locations for a Fable sequel!
None of which compare with real place names in England.
Upton Snodsbury, in Worcestershire, near North Piddle.
Droop - in Dorset, U.K.
Plumpton, in East Sussex, not too far from Ditchling.
Warninglid, in West Sussex.
Uploders, in Dorset, along the River Asker.
Matching Tye, in Essex.
Nether Wallop, in Hampshire. Not to be confused with Nut Tap.
Didling, in West Sussex, I'll bet a lot gets done here.
Crudwell, Wiltshire. Great RE deals here.
Puddletown, in Dorset.
Blubberhouses, North Yorkshire. Another name for McMansions?
Hose, in Leicestershire. I think it's a Canadian settlement.
Bitchfield, in Lincolnshire. My wife is from there.
Lickfold, in Lodsworth.
Wetwood, in Stafford. After visiting Lickfold, of course.
Great Snoring, in Fakenham, Norfolk.
Truth is always stranger than AI or VR.
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