Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lasspvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!lasspvax!andy From: andy@lasspvax.UUCP (Andy Pfiffer) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: bizarre place names Message-ID: <461@lasspvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 10:12:17 EDT Article-I.D.: lasspvax.461 Posted: Tue Aug 13 10:12:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 20:40:27 EDT References: <268@inuxm.UUCP> <8505@watarts.UUCP> <333@baylor.UUCP> <314@tove.UUCP> Reply-To: andy@lasspvax.UUCP (Andy Pfiffer) Distribution: na Organization: LASSP, Cornell University Lines: 29 Xref: tektronix net.bizarre:00577 Summary: In article <314@tove.UUCP> dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) writes: >In article <333@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >>You yanks think YOU have some funny names. How about "Grong Grong", a small >>town in New South Wales, Australia? >... >Oswego, N.Y. (not to be confused with Owego, N.Y. I once ended up in the > /\ wrong town, by mistake!) || || BIZARRE! I spent four years worth of college in that snow-bound town. Two weekends ago a 2 friends of mine from college got married in Nichols, New York, just a few miles from Owego, New York. WHO ARE YOU? AND WHY DO YOU KNOW SUCH THINGS? GO AWAY! TEAR UP MY VEGETABLE GARDEN IF YOU HAVE TO, but STOP FOLLOWING ME! ...it isn't easy being paranoid when the world smells of conspiracy and everyone is out to get you... -- ========================================================= USENET: {decvax,ihnp4,cmcl2,vax135}!cornell!devvax!andy ARPA: andy%devvax@Cornell.arpa MAIL: Theory Center/265 Olin Hall "What do you mean Cornell University I watch too much Ithaca, NY 14853 TV?" PHONE: (607) 256-8686 =========================================================