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Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid

From "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.fandom, rec.music.filk
Subject Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid
Date 2025-08-20 16:56 +0000
Organization United Individualist
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Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't know how far Sandwich is to you, but Sandwich in Kent is
> about 140km due east of here.  (I presume it is the one associated
> with the Earl of Sandwich, after whom the snack is named.

I wouldn't assume that, since British titles are often held by different
people at different times.  But on looking it up, I see that you're right.
The food was named for the 4th Earl, whom the Hawaiian islands were also
named for.

But the Earl was named for Sandwich in Kent, not vice versa.

I recently emailed Gary:

  >> Here's a trivia question for you:  A river and a town in Virginia
  >> are named for James I.  But he's better known for his edition of
  >> the Bible.  What, if anything, has been named for James II?

  > Was it the Jacobites?

  Yes and no.  They supported him, then his son who was also named
  James, then his grandson Charles.  But I was thinking of something
  in the US.

  Hint:  It's often not obvious from the name who something is named
  for.  The state I live in was named for Elizabeth I, the state to my
  immediate south was named for Charles I, and the state to my immediate
  north was named for Herietta Maria.  That state's largest city is
  named for Cecil Calvert.  The Australian state named for Queen
  Alexandrina has a capital city named for William Lamb.  The capital
  of New Zealand was named for Arthur Wellesly.

He got the correct answer, though I didn't mention that every city I
mentioned has hosted a Worldcon.
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Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-16 17:23 -0400
  Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-08-16 20:56 -0400
    Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-17 03:19 +0000
  Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2025-08-17 11:39 +0000
  Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-17 16:22 +0100
    Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 11:27 -0400
      Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-17 17:59 -0400
    Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-17 15:53 +0000
      Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 14:58 -0400
        Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 16:24 -0400
          Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 18:19 -0400
            Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-17 22:33 +0000
              Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 21:14 -0400
              Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-18 17:22 +0100
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-18 17:27 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-18 18:04 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-18 22:27 +0000
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-18 20:12 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-18 21:18 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-19 01:36 +0000
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-18 23:51 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-20 02:41 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-08-20 11:21 +0100
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-20 13:27 +0100
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-20 07:37 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-20 10:52 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-20 08:09 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-20 14:37 +0000
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-19 17:01 +0100
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-19 21:34 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-20 16:41 +0100
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-20 16:56 +0000
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-08-22 15:39 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2025-08-20 23:11 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2025-08-20 23:11 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Tim Merrigan <tppm@rr.ca.com> - 2025-08-21 06:50 -0700
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> - 2025-08-21 11:04 -0500
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-21 10:25 -0700
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-23 20:19 +0000
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Tim Merrigan <tppm@rr.ca.com> - 2025-08-23 16:07 -0700
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-08-22 15:42 -0400
                Chili [was Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid] "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-22 17:54 -0400
                Re: Chili [was Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid] Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> - 2025-08-22 18:11 -0500
                Re: Chili [was Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid] Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-08-22 20:38 -0400
            Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-08-17 21:50 -0400
              Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-18 02:19 +0000
          Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-17 22:46 +0000
      Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> - 2025-08-17 20:12 -0400
        Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-18 01:49 +0000
      Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) - 2025-08-18 17:22 +0100
        Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-18 18:18 +0000
          Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 18:59 -0400
            Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-19 01:28 +0000
              Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 21:50 -0400
                Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2025-08-19 15:05 +0000

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