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Actually, you can. Derby is proof of thatNamed after Derby England as your capital city Perth is named after a city in Scotland .
You can't have it both ways , adopt place names from other countries and then create your own mispronunciation
Your message makes no sense but I'll educate you a bit
Shrove Tuesday games began in the 18th century. The most famous took place in Derby when the young men of the parish of All Saints challenged those from nearby St Peter's. All men over the age of 18 took part, trying to force the ball from one parish into the other. In 1731 the mayor made an unsuccessful attempt to suppress the game, repeated every year by his successors until1848, when troops were called in. From then on the name 'local Derby' was attributed to any football match played with fierce partisanship between neighbouring clubs.
By the way your attempt at phonetic description if Derby as Dur-by ,
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