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Shik's name is St. John? Odd. Quirky. Cool-in-a-Bronte-sort-of-way.
Oh, and congrats First.
*imagines Herr Two working at the Berkeley Library*
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I've been past Indiana University of Pennsylvania a couple times when I visit family. Good for a laugh...
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quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poet: There's a Miami University in Ohio, I believe. . .
But I believe that is because of the Miami tribe of Native Americans which are native to the Ohio region. Or something along those lines.
Personally, the best thing in the Keystone state is Intercourse, PA a little town right before Paradise on Route 30 in Lancaster county.
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No discussion of silly place names would be complete without a mention of the canned hilarity one can find in a gazetteer of Newfoundland.
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There's a Beaver Damn in Louisiana I believe.
And of course there's good old Cockfosters in London. Ahh. Cockfosters...
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There's a bridge named Bob in Colorado. It lacks bitch tits.
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Well, if it's "St. John," then like every other first name "St. John" that I've come across, (not many, and, yes, sadly enough, the guy from ST5 is in there) it'd be pronounced "sinjin." I've never quite figured out why.
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Actually, that's my last name. It's a bastardization, as the family branch it came from were original Qu�becois, & so it was "St. Jean."
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There was a Beaver College in Pennsylvania too, the subject of many Maxim jokes, until they changed it recently. And they changed it exactly why you're thinking they changed it. Bunch of insecure pussies...
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