What city has two names twice?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Fri Nov 3 21:42:42 UTC 2006


The renowned James James was co-composer, with Evan James and Mansel Thomas, of "Hen Wlad fy Nhadu."

  JL

"Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles reopened today, after a
renovation. Named after:

Griffith J. Griffith


> Then there was the afternoon dj on WNEW in NY ...
> William B. Williams:
> he always claimed that his middle name was Bill!
>
> no relation to Wm Carlos Wms. Maybe there's something about
> William(s).
>

> > And Ford Maddox Ford........whose real last name was something else
> > which I have forgotten.
> > AM
> >

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