Whynot, North Carolina
Excerpt:
The community was originally spelled with two separate
words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from
residents debating a title for their community. A man
finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's
go home?"
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r
"RH Draney" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name
from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law
at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r
How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico?
"RH Draney" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name
from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law
at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r
How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico?
"M.I.Wakefield" wrote in message news:oh9ja6$ie7$[email protected]...
"Byker" wrote in message >news:[email protected]...
"RH Draney" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name
from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law >> > at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham >> > name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long
vowel" indicator in it orthography)....r
How about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico?
From the game show of the same name, IIRC.
On 6/6/2017 7:51 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
Whynot, North Carolina
Excerpt:
The community was originally spelled with two separate
words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from
residents debating a title for their community. A man
finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's
go home?"
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name
from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law
at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham
name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long
vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r
On 07/06/17 17:31, RH Draney wrote:
On 6/6/2017 7:51 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
Whynot, North Carolina
Excerpt:
The community was originally spelled with two separate
words, "Why Not".[7] The origin of town's name came from
residents debating a title for their community. A man
finally remarked "Why not name the town Why Not and let's
go home?"
Why, Arizona is a small community near Ajo...it gets its English name
from the three-way road intersection around which it formed (Arizona law
at the time it was found prohibited the simpler name of "Y"; the O'odham
name is "Ban Hi:nk", a native name that unashamedly uses the IPA "long
vowel" indicator in its orthography)....r
An AUE regular -- but I can't remember who it was -- used to cite
Coalinga in California as a quirky name. Apparently it was originally
called "Coaling A".
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