[GunMaster357]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Z, I often find myself in the same situation reading non-Yank postings.

Too many calendars --- too many continents --- too many homographs

Well, your forefathers didn't have a lot of imagination:

Cambridge, Massachussets
Voltaire, North Dakota
New Paris, Indiana
New Paris, Ohio
New Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Arkansas
Paris, California, (former name of Loraine)
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Iowa
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Virginia
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin
Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Paris (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Paris Township, Michigan
South Paris, Maine
St. Paris, Ohio
West Paris, Maine
Oxford, Mississpi
New Orléans, Louisiana
Lyon, Mississipi
Lyon County for 5 US counties named Lyon
Lyon Township for several US townships named Lyon
Lyon Village, Arlington, Virginia
London, Arkansas
London, California
London, Kentucky
London, Minnesota
London, Ohio
London, Texas
London, West Virginia
London, Wisconsin
Glasgow, Delaware
Glasgow, Illinois
Glasgow, Kentucky
Glasgow, Missouri
Glasgow, Montana
Glasgow, Pennsylvania
Glasgow, Virginia
Glasgow, West Virginia

I believe I can continue for quite some time...