> So the French region that Torbay riffs on is also itself riffing on an Italian region.
Maybe nitpicking but the French Riviera is just the (now) French side of the "original" Riviera. It's not a reference to a different place.
Nice used to be part of Liguria before the 1860 annexation and the English simply kept refering to it as Riviera (while the French, including locals, only call it Côte d'Azur).
Our parent is almost certainly a Devonian. My mum was born in Dartmouth. I went to school in Newton Abbot. I understand why using the term Riviera might look a bit naff for Torbay - hence the cringe.
Riviera is still an Italian term, regardless of where it is applied - France or Inglaterra.
Maybe nitpicking but the French Riviera is just the (now) French side of the "original" Riviera. It's not a reference to a different place.
Nice used to be part of Liguria before the 1860 annexation and the English simply kept refering to it as Riviera (while the French, including locals, only call it Côte d'Azur).