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September 27, 2005

What's In A Name?

There actually is such a place as Walla Walla Washington!

And, to go along with today's DotCom society, there's a Whatcom County, also in Washington.

"Me? I work at a dot.com in Whatcom near Walla Walla."

Could be worse. I could be Ms. Hoppensack from Hackensack.

There's a Viper, KY, but it serves them right.

How would you like to live in Licking County? Especially if your name was Licking, too?

If I lived in Spotsylvania, I'd probably lie about it.

Valley Village strikes me as a bit bland, in spite of the excess of geographic description.

What kind of unfeeling, unloving parent names a child, "Camela"?

Similarly, "Dwain" which is not a name, it's an insult.

What, precisely, is the function 0f a "Mental Hygiene" department in a government?

And if it's located in Denver, I'm pretty sure its named "Denver County [whatever]" and not "Dever County".

I suupose "Blacksheawr" could be a name, and not a typo, but I doubt it. This is the same mailing list that offered "Norcoss, GA" after all.

When I read "Polk" my brain always asks, "vaccine, dance, or inna eye?"

But then, my brain finds putting labels on things very boring. Happily, I brought my walkman today. I think it's time to put it on.

posted by AnneZook on 09.27.05 at 08:29 AM





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