Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!jb From: jb@rti-sel.UUCP (Jeff Bartlett) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: bizarre place names Message-ID: <358@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:33:55 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.358 Posted: Mon Aug 19 22:33:55 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:50:21 EDT References: <268@inuxm.UUCP> <8505@watarts.UUCP> <333@baylor.UUCP> <314@tove.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 35 > 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? > > Bum Fuck, Iowa (a friend of mine claims to have been born near there) > Fuquay-Varina, N.C. > Half Way, Mo. (half way between Buffalo, Mo. and Boliver, Mo.) > Ho-ho-cus (or is it Ho-ho-kus?), N.J. > Method, N.C. (which is *completely* surrounded by Raleigh, N.C.) > Shickshinny, Pa. > Rolla, Mo. (my home town. One story is that the intended name was > Raleigh but that they couldn't remember how to spell it) > Dana S. Nau, Comp Sci Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 > dsn@maryland seismo!umcp-cs!dsn (301) 454-7932 My hometown is: High Point, N.C (the highest point on the southern railroad line) closely nearby are the townships of Climax and Hornytown. (BTW growing up in High Point gave me a remarkable sense of balance) -- in keeping with the spirt of net.bizzare package Jeff_Bartlett is new Bartlett( email_addr => "mcnc!rti-sel!jb", employer => "Research Triangle Institute" ); procedure Disclaimer is new Canonical_Disclaimer( others => true ); BTW, look at the syntax charts for Ada Lang. Ref. for 'package_specification' it is BIZZARE that header is 'identifer' but the closing designator (footer name) can be a more complex 'simple_name'