[h-cost] place names, was: Hancock Fabrics
:-D That's nothing...in Ohio, I can visit London, Paris, Cairo, Lima, Toledo and Mantua in a day. Of course, some of them are pronounced oddly; Mantua is Man-ta-way; Lima is Ly-ma like the bean. Cairo and Paris are just wide spots in the road. Except for Toledo, none of them have a fabric store. :-( kate, the wanderer - Original Message - From: Wanda Pease [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Hancock Fabrics Did this post make anyone else's head hurt from the names involved (grin)? Poland? Then I got the feeling that the country wasn't what was named by Youngstown, but then Boardman (which is in Oregon as far as I'm concerned) came up. Then we had China (Canton) to balance out Poland! That's what happens when you read in the preview screen and haven't an clue what you have just opened. Regina, Laughing in delight at the names found in short distances in the US ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] place names, was: Hancock Fabrics
My husband and I have a theory that there should be wormholes between places with the same name, so you only have to drive to the one nearest and then travel almost instantaneously to the distant one. We think this every time we set off on the 10-hour drive to my parents, and pass a town of the same name about 1 1/2 hours into the journey! Jean Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :-D That's nothing...in Ohio, I can visit London, Paris, Cairo, Lima, Toledo and Mantua in a day. Of course, some of them are pronounced oddly; Mantua is Man-ta-way; Lima is Ly-ma like the bean. Cairo and Paris are just wide spots in the road. Except for Toledo, none of them have a fabric store. :-( kate, the wanderer - Original Message - From: Wanda Pease [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Hancock Fabrics Did this post make anyone else's head hurt from the names involved (grin)? Poland? Then I got the feeling that the country wasn't what was named by Youngstown, but then Boardman (which is in Oregon as far as I'm concerned) came up. Then we had China (Canton) to balance out Poland! That's what happens when you read in the preview screen and haven't an clue what you have just opened. Regina, Laughing in delight at the names found in short distances in the US ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Jean Waddie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] place names, was: Hancock Fabrics
When my parents would drive to visit my Grandparents we would pass New Mexico, Texas and Warsaw, NY - all within a few minutes of each other. Near Rochester there is a Lima also, however if you pronounce it like the bean they will either hit you or throw zuchinni at you (depending upon the season) :-) And of course we can't forget Utica, Troy, Ithica and Ilion, NY. GG Katheryne -- From: Jean Waddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] My husband and I have a theory that there should be wormholes between places with the same name, so you only have to drive to the one nearest and then travel almost instantaneously to the distant one. We think this every time we set off on the 10-hour drive to my parents, and pass a town of the same name about 1 1/2 hours into the journey! Jean ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
