What city has two names twice?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Or Humbert Humbert.

  Or MAJ Major (Major) Major.

  JL

"Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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New York was _not_ home, however, to Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin so nice
they named him twice.



> A variant of Jon's version:
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> New York, New York: the town so nice that they named it twice.
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> -Wilson
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> On 10/25/06, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > New York, New York.
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> > "A city so nice, they named it twice." (Many thousands of
> > Googlits.)
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> > JL
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> > "James A. Landau" wrote:
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> > According to http://gc.kls2.com/airport/VHHH, it is
> Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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> > - Jim Landau (18 KY, 4 MI, 17 DC, 20 SJ)
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