[WikiEN-l] Why voting *is* evil

[Andrew Gray]

On 11/04/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
> > If the Americans had done the right thing and called it New Georgia to
> > follow the pattern that was started with Hampshire, York and Jersey we
> > wouldn't be having this problem.  Nobody complains about the name
> > South
> > Georgia except perhaps the Argentinians.
>
> Georgia wasn't named after the country of Georgia, it was named after
> King George II.

Then again, New York wasn't named after the city, it was named after
the person. (Admittedly, this one is a relatively unusual use of the
"New" prefix)

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- Andrew Gray
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