50 "weird" U.S. place names

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks for trying to make me feel better, Larry. But why would they want to
use a tenth-century helmet as part of their logo?

Oh, I see! It's a martini glass. Now it makes sense.

JL


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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