Re: CHAT: Paris, Texas (was: Language of Tetril)
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2001, 17:15 |
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Ferko writes:
I agree. British Columbia is called "British" because Queen Victoria liked
the name "Columbia", but it was already taken, so she added "British" in
front of it, to distinguish it from Spanish Columbia.
Although, she might have gotten away with it with the spelling, since the
Spanish country is spelled "Colombia", but i guess confusion would still
have resulted ;).
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