Subject: Places named after states (was Re: Glenelg<br/>
Date: Dec 04, 2001 @ 04:47<br/>
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-784330991">emil  i was wondering what language this is you are still speaking<br/>
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do you mean  los jorses  or  hoss angeles<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Emil Boasson &lt;eb3@a...&gt; wrote:<br/>
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&gt; For those of us who still speak the language of the Vikings the name <br/>
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&gt; name of York was in the Old Icelandic Sagas written as Jórvík.  Jór is <br/>
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&gt; another word for a horse.<br/>
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&gt; Taking this to the modern times we are talking about the Horse City or <br/>
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&gt; the City of Horses,  -Los Angeles  why not Los  ?<br/>
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&gt; Best regards,<br/>
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&gt; Emil </span></blockquote></div>