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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:30 PM Original message |
Totally Awesome: the name "Arizona" is from the Aztec Language! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oklahoma also I think and Dakota maybe? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oklahoma is Choctaw, Dakota is... Dakotan. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Illinois: French attempt at spelling the Illini people's name |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. and Minnesota and... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Kansas, and likely Arkansas. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why don't they have a good, home-grown American name? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Peckerwoodland |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. +1 |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Racist Valley? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Sounds like a salad dressing line |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Mmmmm, creamy--and 100% SPICE-FREE! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Mmmm, buttermilk mayonnaise! |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. LOL!! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Does this mean they'll have to change the name of the state to something in English language? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Whitezona? |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. More appropriately, something in TEABONICS |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Hopey-Changey-Land? Drill-Here-Drill-Now-iana? (nt) |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. DiscrimiNation? |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oooh, good one! |
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SargeUNN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mississippi is a Native American word |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ironic: Indiana means Land of Indians and we have the lowest NA population in the states. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. They can rename it to FreeZona |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Weird, because I didn't know that Nahuatl (Aztec language) had "R"s. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. It's not Nahuatl |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Ah, thanks. |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ohio, too ... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. the idiot right wingers will try to change the name of their state |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Colorado is um,,, welll,,, "Red" in Spanish |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Florida is "Flower" in Spanish |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. lets see... |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Like Alabama which is a Creek Indian word |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well, now it's "shit-bearing" and "little shit place" huh? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Holy shit. |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. Massachusetts |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. We must immediately rename it Arid Zone. Thank you. nt |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bet they change it to something like Casperland |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Naw--Casper's a FRIENDLY ghost nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Kentucky means missing teeth. ;) They aren't sure of the origins of |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. Almost certainly complete nonsense. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. I especially like the name 'California'. It doesn't mean **anything**! |
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