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- From: (relgov)
- Subject: Re: Strange Place Names (English)
- Organization: AA
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:23:11 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.142311.4309@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
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- References: <45092@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <CMM.0.90.2.728052892.jon@gode.ifi.uio.no>
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- In article <CMM.0.90.2.728052892.jon@gode.ifi.uio.no>, "Jon \\lnes"
- <jon@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
- >
- > In article <1993Jan22.221333.19930@cunews.carleton.ca> fenton@scs.carleton.ca (Trevor Fenton) writes:
- >
- > > In article <45092@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jmcd@cea.berkeley.edu (John McDonald) writes:
- > > >
- > > >Well, i was perusing the latest Europe map sent out
- > > >by National Geographic. There's a town about 60km
- > > >south of Minsk in Belarus called.....Slutsk!
- > > >
- > > >Or am i the only one that finds that funny...?
- > > >
- > > >Others?
- > >
- > > How about Dildo, Newfoundland.
- > > Colon, Panama.
- > >
- >
- My favorite is a place (city?) in Cambodia (or Thailand) whose name is
- Phuket and is pronounced just like you think. I'm waiting for a TV
- announcer to have to mention the place.
-