Where would we be without 'Middelfart' (Denmark) or 'Intercourse'
(Pennsylvania)?
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From:
On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2012 3:04 PM
To: Carl Clifford
Cc: <>; Chris Lloyd
Subject: Channel-Bills and Alligators
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
>
>
>
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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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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