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[Charles Doyle]

So: Once again the French are ripping the very fabric of our nation!

It's curious: Names of lakes so often to follow the pattern "Lake X," whereas rivers (creeks, brooks, runs, and rills) usually follow the pattern "X River"--except for "literary" rivers like Styx and Jordan.

--Charlie
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>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:38:52 -0500
>From: David Bergdahl <dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Team Fill-in-the-Blank
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>On 2/21/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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>> And this (unAmerican?) pattern seems to be spreading. For example, the Atlanta zoo called Zoo Atlanta.
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>> --Charlie
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>Un-American, like "Lake Erie" or "Canal Winchester" (a suburb of Columbus) or  many other Frenchy names?
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>:-)

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