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Channel-Bills and Alligators

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Subject: Channel-Bills and Alligators
From: Clive Nealon <>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:46:52 -0400 (EDT)
...but imagine how much fun we would have if birds' names were changed to fit 
our changing
opinions and values...


Regards, Clive.



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From: Carl Clifford <>
To: Chris Lloyd <>
Cc: <> <>
Sent: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 12:10 pm
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



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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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