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larryhammerMyths ought to be busted. Nonetheless, I'm sad about this one.
It's almost as disappointing as realizing Camino de Calle Road, a street in a housing development outside Tucson, is apocryphal. Ah well.
We still get to complain about the redundancy in the La Brea Tar Pits, though.
---L.
It's almost as disappointing as realizing Camino de Calle Road, a street in a housing development outside Tucson, is apocryphal. Ah well.
We still get to complain about the redundancy in the La Brea Tar Pits, though.
---L.
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Date: 18 July 2012 07:32 pm (UTC)My favorite is Canada. Which got its name when the missionaries asked where they were and the locals answered "The Village", aka Canada.
(Just don't call me No. 6.)
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Date: 18 July 2012 09:36 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 18 July 2012 09:36 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 18 July 2012 08:24 pm (UTC)(Not the same thing, but funny. Says the person from the state where "The El Camino" is referred to on the radio.)
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Date: 18 July 2012 09:22 pm (UTC)That's a good one
Date: 18 July 2012 09:39 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 19 July 2012 12:08 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 19 July 2012 07:35 am (UTC)ETA: Ah, misremembered. Bredon Hill. ("See Pendle Hill.")
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Date: 19 July 2012 02:52 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 20 July 2012 06:50 am (UTC)If I understand the concept then, we could add Walla Walla (in Washington state), meaning "water water"; used for "many waters" or "lots of water", by the American Indian.
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Date: 20 July 2012 04:13 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 21 July 2012 07:55 pm (UTC)Oh well...
I used to be smart - then I got old!
:o)