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| From | Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, soc.culture.indian, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa, alt.politics, talk.politics.misc |
| Subject | Re: Whynot, North Carolina |
| Date | 2017-06-08 18:01 +1000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ohb02q$er6$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <20170606Qu4BeSo84f@QuBJ> <oh8a400341@news3.newsguy.com> |
Cross-posted to 6 groups.
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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Re: Whynot, North Carolina RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2017-06-07 00:31 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2017-06-07 05:41 -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 "Dr. HotSalt" <alien8752@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 23:41 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2017-06-08 18:01 +1000
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2017-06-08 01:39 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2017-06-08 09:24 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2017-06-08 09:23 -0700
Re: Whynot, North Carolina GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2017-06-09 07:07 +0100
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