Re: Language of Tetril

En réponse à Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>:

> Your mention of "Venice, Italy" prompts me to ask a question I have
> been
> wondering about for a while. Does anyone know the origin of this
> practice
> (i.e., naming the Country as well as the City)? I've never heard it used
> on
> this side of the pond (UK) but it seems to be standard in the US.
> "Paris,
> France" for instance, sounds highly weird to me - what other Paris is
> there?
> Mike
Paris, Texas is one! :)))

That's the fault of those y***s (FUN intended, I never use this word anyway)
who have the strange habit to name their towns after famous towns from other
parts of the world. So in the US you can find a dozen Paris, Venices, Romes,
Viennas, probably a few Londons. And of course there is Memphis, named after
the Hellenized name of a Ancient Egyptian city.

At least, with New York and New Orleans they bother adding that it's a *new*
one :))) .

Christophe.

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