Daily Archives: 09 January 9, 2014

Where every state got its name

If you want to understand a state’s history, start by looking at its name. The map below shows the breakdown of all the states’ etymologies. The most names, eight in both cases, stem from Algonquin and Latin. Full Article  

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Bag of Randomness

I didn’t believe DaughterGeeding when she told me the new student in her class is named “Mommy.”  Well, it turns out the new student is an Asian girl in which her names phonetically sounds like “Mommy”, but of course it’s … Continue reading →

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