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stonebeard 
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Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
 Topic: Brilliant names of places you livePosted: June 24 2007 at 03:14 |
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Fort Wayne -- named after Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The United States Army built this last in a series of forts near the community of Kekionga, the largest of all Miami villages, which is located where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River join to form the Maumee River.[2]
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Draconean
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Joined: November 04 2006 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 2012 |
Posted: June 24 2007 at 03:07 |
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Once, when I was on a holiday in South Africa, we went past a town called "Hotazel".
It was lying in a desert and the thing that struck me the most was that is was really hot as hell over there! |
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I'm running still,
I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
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markosherrera
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Joined: October 01 2006 Location: World Status: Offline Points: 3252 |
Posted: June 23 2007 at 19:31 |
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Playa seca,....that means Dry Beach..and Punto Fijo that mean Fix point
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markosherrera
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Joined: October 01 2006 Location: World Status: Offline Points: 3252 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:15 |
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Australian
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Joined: June 13 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 3278 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:02 |
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I live in Melbourne which the English bought off the Aboriginals in the area for a few axes and other related tools. It soon because the center of gold trading during the gold rush. It is now the second most populous city in Australia with around 3.7 million people.
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markosherrera
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Joined: October 01 2006 Location: World Status: Offline Points: 3252 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 17:37 |
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I live in Maracay,...Mara was the name of cacique or leader of a tribu of indians ,but cay ...I dont know...may be house or dominion etc
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Frasse
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Joined: November 22 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 758 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:47 |
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I was born and raised in the city of Sundsvall. Named so because it was built on a pasture (vall) owned by a farmer named Sund. During the late 19th century it was one of Swedens richest cities due to it's wood industry. The city centre is filled with beautiful architecture from that time.
Bands from Sundsvall listed at PA: Garmarna and Book of Hours. (Not that sure about the last one being from Sundsvall though.)
Nowadays I'm living in Karlskrona. The name translates to Karl's Crown.
The city was founded in the late 17th century by the king Karl XI as Swedens main naval port. Today it's one of the world's best preserved military ports of that era and therefore a World heritage, as listed by UNESCO. The port is still in use by the military but more and more is taken over by the civilian society.
As far as I know, there's no Prog band from Karlskrona. Edited by Frasse - January 24 2007 at 16:52 |
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progismylife
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Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:32 |
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Do you get a lot of Good Cajun food from there? You know Forney Cajun food?   |
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Chicapah
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Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:29 |
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I live in a small town called Forney. You can just imagine the puns related to that name. And, no, the high school teams are not referred to as "Cators."
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Angelo
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13244 |
Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:19 |
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Nice - reminds me of the Swiss town called 'Kloten', which is a less polite Dutch term for your balls. Can you imagine getting a holiday card saying 'Greetings from great Kloten'?  |
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ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 18:30 |
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Yorktown Heights, NY
Apparently named after the battle of Yorktown that helped end the American Revolutionary War...and the town is higher I guess (I know it is in other ways )
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 <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
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Chris H
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Joined: October 08 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Points: 8191 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:40 |
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Well 'scuse me
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Beauty will save the world.
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ClemofNazareth
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Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:39 |
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I think that distinction might actually go to "Columbus". There are 20 states with a city named "Columbus", including two cities by that name in Kentucky!
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus |
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Philéas
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Joined: June 14 2006 Status: Offline Points: 6419 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:35 |
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When I lived in Belgium and we were going to Sweden by car during the holidays, we passed
this place called Zemst. Zemst is pronounced the same way as the
Swedish word for "worst" (sämst) is, so we always laughed a little when
we saw the signs.
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Witchwoodhermit
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Joined: February 23 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 871 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:26 |
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[QUOTE=Sean Trane][QUOTE=Witchwoodhermit]I live in Hamilton Ontario. It's often refered to as the arse hole of Ontario.
 To say that back in 73, I lived first in Burlington (four months) then Oakville (6 months) , then Mississauga (5 years), then Etobicoke (5 years) and finally Swansea/Toronto (another 5); I'd say that I gradually moved away from the toilet smells
 Toronto means Rendez-vous in Iroquois language.
I also lived in Montreal >> meaning Royal Mountain and now live in Brussels (originated from the latin name for marshes).
I started out in Milton and Oakville. Spent most of my life In Burlington, now...
I guess I'm going down the pan fast.
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man. |
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progismylife
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Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 15:01 |
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I used to live in Grass VAlley, CAlifornia.
from wikipedia: " Well-known people associated with Grass Valley include the ace fighter pilot Chuck Yeager, philosopher Josiah Royce, the 19th century actress Lotta Crabtree, 19th century dancer Lola Montez, actor Jeremy Sisto, author John Thomson, professional skateboarder Chris Senn and bassist of the band AFI, Hunter Burgan. Also in Nevada County are Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder, and Roger Hodgson of Supertramp. On May 15, 1902 in a field outside Grass Valley, Lyman Gilmore reportedly became the first person to fly a powered airplane (a steam-powered glider)." and "Grass Valley dates from the California Gold Rush, as does nearby Nevada City. It is the location of the Empire Mine, one of the richest mines in California." |
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Chris H
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Joined: October 08 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Points: 8191 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 14:55 |
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I live in Bristol, the most over-used city name on the planet.
There are 16 states in the US with a Bristol.
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Beauty will save the world.
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Angelo
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13244 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 14:53 |
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Nice list already folks! I thought Best good, but I've seen much better ones already (hmmm - there's some weird style figure in that sentence....)
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ISKC Rock Radio
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andu
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Joined: September 27 2006 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 3089 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:12 |
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I was born in a town <whose name comes from the Slavic word bystrica meaning "the limpid water">. My current residence - Bucharest - holds the name of it's founder (Bucuresti = "City of Bucur").
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20414 |
Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:08 |
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To say that back in 73, I lived first in Burlington (four months) then Oakville (6 months) , then Mississauga (5 years), then Etobicoke (5 years) and finally Swansea/Toronto (another 5); I'd say that I gradually moved away from the toilet smells
Toronto means Rendez-vous in Iroquois language.
I also lived in Montreal >> meaning Royal Mountain and now live in Brussels (originated from the latin name for marshes)
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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