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Re: Interpolating RPGLangs

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, November 18, 1999, 22:23
Bryan Maloney wrote:

> The city of Nochet got its name when someone asked Greg Stafford if he had > named a dot on a map. He answered with what would formally be written as > "Not yet." The response from his player was "Okay, then we're going to > Nochet."
There is a theory that Nome, Alaska got its name similarly. The city of Nome is named after nearby Cape Nome. Supposedly, a map draftsman noted that this cape had at that time no name. He noted "? name" on the map, which was misread as "C Nome" and interpreted as "Cape Nome". -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)