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Old England rules

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manwiththemetalleg
Posts: 1636 - Karma: 91
Why does the U.S. steal like every English city name and put 'new' in front of it. New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and they even steal England itself. Didnt the settlers have any fucking imagination when they er.. settled?
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Jul 16 2003 2:44PM
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Sheltron3030
Posts: 1826 - Karma: 110
thats a good pint. i dont know. in st albans theres a rest stop called new georgia.


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Jul 16 2003 11:31PM
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wiglaf
Posts: 4877 - Karma: 141
the english named them that after places in england, the settlers haha
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Jul 17 2003 11:51AM
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TheProfitSkier
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ya good point ya got there
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Jul 17 2003 2:24PM
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spin
Posts: 1330 - Karma: 11
probly wanted a reminder of where they came from
Jul 23 2003 10:43AM
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Vtsnowski
Posts: 3537 - Karma: 1,231
when the people frist came from england to america they just named the towns the same as the ones back in they home land but just added new to it cause it was the new place.




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Jul 26 2003 11:59PM
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