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November 4, 2003 9:19 AM

The Random Wisconsin City Name Generator.Every state needs one!
posted by mimi (11 comments total)

Garrrr, looks like they've succumbed to the power of Meta-filtration.
posted by UlfMagnet at 10:18 AM on November 4, 2003

Very cool.

An Illinois generator would just have random two-word combinations of "Oak," "River," "Park," "Forest" and "Hills." Or at least for the Chicago suburbs.
posted by transona5 at 11:06 AM on November 4, 2003

It's nice, but I'd like to see a more robust algorithm that would more closely follow our state's heritage of phonetic Native American words (actually, he does well on that), mangled French, and total non-sequiturs (like Embarrass and Eleva).
posted by rocketman at 11:13 AM on November 4, 2003

Yah, well, it's only funny because it's true, ya know. Heydeehoder!
posted by eriko at 11:25 AM on November 4, 2003

Love it! A Minnesota version would constantly generate "Lake ___" and "Minne ____."
posted by GaelFC at 11:56 AM on November 4, 2003

This made me laugh. Wisconsin has more owocs per capita than any other state.
posted by kavasa at 1:27 PM on November 4, 2003

Lived in WI for 5 years, and the scary thing is I can pronounce the random names without looking at the "say it with me" part.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 1:56 PM on November 4, 2003

I passed through Madisonowoc City once, on my way to Wisconsinoc Dellsautash.
posted by brownpau at 3:32 PM on November 4, 2003

ummm... i think some of those towns actually exist [giggle]
posted by UWliberal at 7:48 PM on November 4, 2003

I don't think you could do one of these for Ontario. No generator would ever come up with Stouffville.
posted by orange swan at 9:37 PM on November 4, 2003

I think I've been to Neequabago.
posted by kayjay at 8:49 PM on November 6, 2003