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#95513 02/15/03 01:43 AM
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eekonk, MA

Town
Population 2000: 13,425
Metro area: Providence

On the Rhode Island border

One tradition indicates that
the name derives from
Algonquian for "outlet,"
another says it means
"black goose" and a third
says "skunk"

I have heard that that's where the name for the wood pussy with the perfume came from


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I have heard that "Chicago" in Algoquin language meant "Place of Skunks"
Here is URL which supports this:
[irl]www.linguistlist.org/issues/11/11-1704.html[/url]


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town names:

Forked River

(pronounced Forkéd [fork-ED] River in these parts, but pronounced many ways by a lot of folks )

Great Egg Harbor

Little Egg Harbor

Town Bank


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Great Egg Harbor

Little Egg Harbor


Are we starting to sound a little Gatsby-ish here?



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Villa Gatzby

(well, we can dream, can't we?)

http://www.antiguavillas.uk.com/gatzbyvilla.htm


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Hell
Bliss
Nirvana
Just to name a few

BTW for Dr. Bill: I found this while poking around
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/wearehere/placenames_map.html#

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Consuelo:

Hell, bliss, nirvana? That's an odd sequence.


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Hell, Michigan which is frozen over just about now
http://www.hell2u.com/
Bliss, Michigan
http://www.blissfest.org/organization/
Nirvana, Michigan
http://www.multimag.com/township/mi/cherryvalley/
Oooops. I think I yarted


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Hell, bliss, nirvana? That's an odd sequence.

Getting through hell is the bliss that leads to nirvana.




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Little Egg Harbor? Great Egg Harbor? Too bad they're not nestled on either side of Duck, Outer Banks, NC.


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