tits and wine Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I live in Sweden in a town called Västerås. How do you pronounce Västerås? Vestuhroos. Sounds awfully similar to Westeros right? But here's the real cool part, you know Jorah, he's from Bear Island, and in Västerås we do have a place called "Björn ön". If you translate Björn Ön to English you get Bear Island. Is this just a coincidence? It can't beSorry for my English though, as I said above i'm from Sweden.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightbringer Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 yh its a coincidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamiShikkaku Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Thankfully, this thread isn't nearly as stupid as I was prepared for it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Tahu Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thankfully, this thread isn't nearly as stupid as I was prepared for it to be.This^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertOfTheHouseBaratheon Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thankfully, this thread isn't nearly as stupid as I was prepared for it to be.I only came on here because I thought it would be a haven of stupidity. Now I don't know what to do with these smug, belittling thoughts I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyryan Lannister Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 To the OP:Westeros is "based" on a real place, but the ones that you mention are not it. Geography wise, it is based on Ireland and Scotland; google "westeros ireland" for south of the Neck and "westeros scotland" for the North to see what I mean. Geopolitico-historically, it is the British isles as well: the Children and other Old Races are analogous to the Sidhe and other faerie races; the First Men are analogous to the Celtic tribes; the Andals are analogous to the Anglo-Saxons; and the Targaryens and Valyrians-in-Westeros are analogous to William the Conqueror and the Normans.Now, as to "Terraros" (as I like to call it, at least; don't think that Martin has ever actually named his world, only some of the continents), the literary conceit is that it actually IS Earth, just a much earlier history alternate version of it done in the same vein as Tolkien viewed his Middle-Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Luke. Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thankfully, this thread isn't nearly as stupid as I was prepared for it to be.Same here :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gryff Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Not sure what I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 It's even better when you know that Rory McCann who plays Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane ...well... Let Rory speak:“ You know, my name McCann actually translates from ‘canis,’ or ‘canine.’ I am a hound.”McCann lives a spartan Highland Scottish life.I think he comes as close to the real 'dog'(a plaid one!), off the show as on!He is a delight as an actor , he damn near steals scenes or would if he were not embedded in a gaggle of scene stealers!I love watching him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaven330 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just a coincidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brynden Bloodraven Rivers Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think it maybe isn't a coincidence, the author needed names and took them from places in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Scallywag Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Maybe the city name was actually based off of GRRM's books, I'm basing this on him taking a real long time to finish his books the first one is probably thousands of years old by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyvasse Khal Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Thankfully, this thread isn't nearly as stupid as I was prepared for it to be.Especially seeing it started by someone called 'tits and wine'. Pretty cool coincidence I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Som Tin Wong Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Is this just a coincidence?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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