50 "weird" U.S. place names

[Laurence Horn]

I was wondering, although the statement is true as it stands (if unremarkable).  Maybe it's that a B is more of an iconic representation of the object depicted than is an E, the latter serving on Showtime's "Masters of Sex" series for a different referent: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/20618110767742038/
(I thought it was part of the intro sequence, viewable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve8orWqYzPU, but apparently not, although everything else is.)

LH

P.S.  Oops, NSFW.  Sorry.

On Jan 15, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Did I say B?
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> Of course I meant E.
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> Two embarrassing errors in 24 hrs.
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> One more and I quit.
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> JL
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> LH
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