On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:03:11 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire)
>>>> ;-)
>>> Other way round. :-P
>> 
>> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
> 
> The truth is far, far weirder than that...

Oh, I don't doubt that. ;-)

>>>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>>>> Really.
>>> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
>> 
>> My guess with regards to the town of Toast is that the first settlers
>> looked at the space and said "this lovely field is toast - we're
>> building a town here." ;-)
> 
> Well, they *were* American. :-P

Actually, they probably weren't - they were most likely English. ;-P 

Toast, NC is in Surrey County, named for the county of Surrey in England, 
birthplace of an early governor of North Carolina.

Jim

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