geog. euphemisms

James A. Landau JJJRLandau at AOL.COM
Fri Jan 3 14:53:23 UTC 2003


The city of Tokyo has seen so many disastrous fires that they are referred to
as "flowers of Edo" ("Edo" is an old name for Tokyo).

No relation to "Tokyo Rose".

           - Jim Landau



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