antitoponymania

[Dennis R. Preston]

Mejor el ciudad que un academico (con vientos grandes).

dInIs

>I shamelessly support David Barnhart in his antitoponymic stance. We didn't
>even consider "outside the beltway" when it first burst on the scene. And
>what if Buffalo should come to be known as "The Little Apple"? Or (after the
>next big hurricane) Miami = El Ciudad del Vientro Grande?
>
>Lets not go there.


Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
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