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Thread #112655   Message #2386448
Posted By: Azizi
11-Jul-08 - 07:33 AM
Thread Name: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
In case you didn't get it, not all the place names in that "Donkey Riding" song are from Canada.

"Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd) is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay

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"Timbuktu (Archaic English: Timbuctoo; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; French: Tombouctou) is a city in Tombouctou Region, in the West African nation of Mali. It is home to the prestigious Sankore University and other madrasas, and was an intellectual and spiritual capital and centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu

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But what horn are they talkin 'bout that you gotta go around?
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Maybe those words refer to "Cape Horn" [at the] Southern extremity of South America. Located on Horn Island in the southern Tierra del Fuego archipelago, it projects south into Drake Passage. It was named Hoorn for the birthplace of Dutch navigator Willem Schouten, who rounded it in 1616. Navigation of the rough waters around the cape is hazardous, and the climate is windy and cold year-round".
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-367360.html

Hmm. Maybe this thread can be helpful for geographically challenged people like me.