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| First post | 2017-06-07 00:31 -0700 |
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Re: Whynot, North Carolina RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2017-06-07 00:31 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2017-06-07 12:15 -0500
Re: Whynot, North Carolina "M.I.Wakefield" <none@present.com> - 2017-06-07 15:17 -0400
Re: Whynot, North Carolina "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2017-06-07 15:16 -0500
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2017-06-07 18:15 -0400
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-08 18:01 +1000
Re: Whynot, North Carolina GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2017-06-09 07:07 +0100
| From | RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 00:31 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: Whynot, North Carolina |
| Message-ID | <oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com> |
On 6/6/2017 7:51 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote: > Whynot, North Carolina > > Excerpt: > > The community was originally spelled with two separate > words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from > residents debating a title for their community. A man > finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's > go home?" Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r
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| From | "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 12:15 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <vNadna6p15BTqaXEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #23347 |
"RH Draney" wrote in message news:oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com... > > Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name from > the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law at the > time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham name is > "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long vowel" > indicator in its orthography)....r How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico?
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| From | "M.I.Wakefield" <none@present.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 15:17 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <oh9ja6$ie7$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #23348 |
"Byker" wrote in message news:vNadna6p15BTqaXEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@supernews.com... > "RH Draney" wrote in message news:oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com... > > > > Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name > > from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law > > at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham > > name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long > > vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r > How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? From the game show of the same name, IIRC.
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| From | "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 15:16 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <SNGdnbP2bNqVwqXEnZ2dnUU7-e3NnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #23349 |
"M.I.Wakefield" wrote in message news:oh9ja6$ie7$1@dont-email.me... "Byker" wrote in message news:vNadna6p15BTqaXEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@supernews.com... > "RH Draney" wrote in message news:oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com... > > > > Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name > > from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law > > at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham > > name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long > > vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r > How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? From the game show of the same name, IIRC.
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| From | Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 18:15 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <1cugjcho9l3tgli6f4ilv0fn4u4jp6i3i0@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #23350 |
On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:16:10 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote: >"M.I.Wakefield" wrote in message news:oh9ja6$ie7$1@dont-email.me... > >"Byker" wrote in message >news:vNadna6p15BTqaXEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@supernews.com... > >> "RH Draney" wrote in message news:oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com... >> > >> > Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name >> > from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law >> > at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham >> > name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long >> > vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r > >> How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? > >From the game show of the same name, IIRC. In southern Arkansas there's "FarFromPoopen road", which is apparently the only way to get to "Constipation Ridge" :-)
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| From | Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2017-06-08 18:01 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <ohb02q$er6$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #23347 |
On 07/06/17 17:31, RH Draney wrote: > On 6/6/2017 7:51 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote: >> Whynot, North Carolina >> >> Excerpt: >> >> The community was originally spelled with two separate >> words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from >> residents debating a title for their community. A man >> finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's >> go home?" > > Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name > from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law > at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham > name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long > vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r An AUE regular -- but I can't remember who it was -- used to cite Coalinga in California as a quirky name. Apparently it was originally called "Coaling A". -- Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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| From | GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-09 07:07 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <epus8oF900hU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #23353 |
On 08/06/2017 09:01, Peter Moylan wrote: > On 07/06/17 17:31, RH Draney wrote: >> On 6/6/2017 7:51 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote: >>> Whynot, North Carolina >>> >>> Excerpt: >>> >>> The community was originally spelled with two separate >>> words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from >>> residents debating a title for their community. A man >>> finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's >>> go home?" >> >> Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name >> from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law >> at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham >> name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long >> vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r > > An AUE regular -- but I can't remember who it was -- used to cite > Coalinga in California as a quirky name. Apparently it was originally > called "Coaling A". > There's a village in Devon called Westward Ho! (complete with exclamation mark). When I looked in Wikipedia to determine its location I found that it's outdone by a place in Quebec called Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (including *both* exclamation marks). -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland
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