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Re: State names
Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at 23:21:06
In Reply To: State names posted by Howard on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at 19:01:04:

> Why does OhiO remind me of a bicycle?
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> Did you know that the original spelling of Tennessee may have been Tanasi?
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> In Alabama, it's not uncommon to hear the state called Alabamer.

The literal translation of "Chicago," in whatever Indian dialect it came from, is "Place of the Wild Onion."

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