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On 26 Jun 2009 22:43:43 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
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>Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
<Groan>
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Stephen
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>> (WHY do you have a place named Toast?!)
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> Probably the same reason your side has cities named things like "Bear".
That's news...
...although we do have a country named "Wales".
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
Other way round. :-P
> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell". Really.
I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:43:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 26 Jun 2009 22:43:43 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>>Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
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> <Groan>
I knew that'd get someone. :-)
Jim
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:51:15 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
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> Other way round. :-P
Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>> Really.
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> 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." ;-)
Jim
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>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
>> Other way round. :-P
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> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
The truth is far, far weirder than that...
>>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>>> Really.
>> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
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> 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
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> That's news...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne
Check out the coat of arms.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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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. ;-)
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> 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." ;-)
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> 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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>>>>> 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...
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> Oh, I don't doubt that. ;-)
In fact, according to Wikipedia (which is never wrong), a pair of
chemists were contracted to attempt to duplicate an Indian curry powder
recipe. Then somebody came up with the idea that maybe you could put
this stuff into solution to make a sauce. So they mixed up a few barrels
of the stuff and... discovered it was so awful that you couldn't
possibly eat it. The barrels lay locked in a cellar, forgotten, for some
years. When next somebody tasted the contents, they discovered that it
had fermented and become really quite pleasent.
And THAT is why a lad's head is full of rubbish. Er, no, wait - and THAT
is how Woctershire Sauce was invented.
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Woctershire Sauce
Now it's official: Even native British people don't know how it's
written. ;)
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