As the saying goes 'everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not their
facts'. Here we have 'tracks' and 'crocodiles' (or the indigenous analogue)
not 'gators' and 'trails'. The errors of some sailors (like US Generals) a
century ago are not cast in stone are they?
As Keynes is reputed to have said when he contradicted some of his earlier
work "When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do sir?"
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 1:48 PM
To: Chris Lloyd
Cc: <>
Subject: Channel-Bills and Alligators
I don't see any problems with odd or anachronistic geographic names, they
add a bit of humour to a map. My favourite is Up the Road, just outside
Hartford, Connecticut.
I say, leave Alligator River as is. If we changed every geographic place
name because some people are perturbed by lack of "correctness" of some form
in the name, it would be a somewhat boring world. May as well just use
numbers, though some people would complain about some numbers.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Sent from my iPad
On 20/07/2012, at 10:18, "Chris Lloyd" <> wrote:
> I am not sure it is relevant but we saw a raucous group of about five
flying
> around the South Alligator last Tuesday week.
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> Off topic but why, after we succeeded in overthrowing US imperialism with
> Kokoda Track (nee Trail) and Christidis and Boles have corrected our Latin
> declensions, do we tolerate all these rivers with names from the Louisiana
> bayous? East Crocodile River anyone?
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