Name of a nameless mountain
Mark A Mandel
mam at THEWORLD.COM
Mon Mar 25 23:50:15 UTC 2002
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, A. Maberry wrote:
#According to the USGS database there is a Tuklung listed as a "locale" and
#a stream, the Tuklung River. So I guess what is meant is that the mountain
#has no "official" name on USGS maps, but is called Tuklung Mountain by the
#locals.
I guessed it was something like that. Nevertheless, this usage strikes
me as odd, disturbing, and downright contradictory. "If it's not in the
files, it doesn't exist." DISTINGUO!
-- Mark A. Mandel
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