"Unchartered waters"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/24/2007 08:50 PM, Chris F Waigl wrote:
I hear "unchartered territory" a lot on the news. Though I wonder if it
>could sometimes be an intrusive [r], which is very common in the English
>media ("lore and order" ...).

"Unchartered territory" was the Massachusetts Bay colony (including
Plymouth, New Hampshire, and Maine) between 1686 and 1691.

Joel

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