50 "weird" U.S. place names

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> http://screen.yahoo.com/buzzfeed/50-weirdest-city-names-50-221140519.html
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> Observe how some people seem to think "butt" is spelled with a B.
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> JL
>
And back in our innocent youth--or innocent early middle age, anyway--no eyebrow would be raised a scintilla at French Lick, Indiana--all we knew on earth, and all we needed to know, was that it was the home of Larry Bird.

LH

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