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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Georgia on my Mind #101327 04/27/2003 12:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 And Maryland after Queen Mary? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101328 04/27/2003 9:44 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Hardly. She died in 1538 ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101329 04/27/2003 10:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Well, OK, not that Queen Mary. Charlie One's wife. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/name.html. Henrietta Maria. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101330 04/28/2003 3:42 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Maryland was chartered to catholics-- it was a place for them -(the idea being they should get the hell out of england) and is named for Mary, Jesus's mother... and georgia had two main fuctions, one it was a prison colony, two it was the royal naval stores.. the white pines of geogia were used for mast, and the stumps were used to make turpintine, pine oil and pitch (from pitch pines) maybe other stuff too.. Anna, do you know? I don't think georgia is especially proud of being a penal colony, but the natural resources history might be better known by some one. i remember the pitch, since i couldn't for the life of me (as child) think why anyone would want it! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101331 04/28/2003 4:12 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina sjm old hand sjm old hand Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina It looks like you're going to be a busy lady, helen. My World Book agrees with the official Maryland State archive that Faldage linked to: "Maryland was named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England. In 1632, Charles granted the Maryland region to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. Calvert, a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and welcomed settlers of all faiths to Maryland." That makes two sources claiming that the state was named for Henrietta Maria, not the carpenter's wife. You had best inform the State Government, and the publishers of WorldBook, of their error, before they mislead too many others. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101332 04/28/2003 11:38 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Well trust the catholic nuns to put their slant on it... That lord baltimore named it Maryland, and Henriettaland, might be because he had a dual purpose.. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Georgia on my Mind #101333 04/29/2003 11:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Anna, do you know? I don't think georgia is especially proud of being a penal colony, but the natural resources history might be better known by some one. I remember learning something about the natural resources thang in the 8th grade. Meanwhile, Oglethorpe managed to turn Georgia into a little bit of Oz (although *they over and down there talk funny). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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