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Channel-Bills and Alligators

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Channel-Bills and Alligators
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:03:52 +1000
I was in the US last year (can't remember which state as I visited a few)
and some roads had fractions in the numbers - like 1 1/4 road. I guess they
originally had grid on mile boundaries and then put a few extras in. Made
it hard entering into the GPS!

On 20 July 2012 13:48, Carl Clifford <> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris Lloyd
> >
> > 
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