Well Named Locations Thread

[Hazcat]

Well, out here in Kansas, we just don't believe in addin' letters to a word, when we ain't gonna use 'em!

Grizzle Bear

OH!  I see, it's not being lazy...it's efficient!

[DesertMarine]

And the guys in Texas and Kansas don't even know how to spell Pittsburgh!

If you think that's bad, there are people, with some working in California post offices, that believe New Mexico is in another country. 

[tombogan03884]

If you think that's bad, there are people, with some working in California post offices, that believe New Mexico is in another country. 

American schools apparently suck at teaching geography, there are some people who think New Mexico IS a foriegn country

[DesertMarine]

Texas keeps saying it's "a whole nother country".  Did not misspell "nother" by accident, that is how they spell it.  Figure this out, Texas has a county named Bexar, Spanish name, which they pronounce Bear.  The X has more of a J sound to it. 

[tombogan03884]

Texas keeps saying it's "a whole nother country".  Did not misspell "nother" by accident, that is how they spell it.  Figure this out, Texas has a county named Bexar, Spanish name, which they pronounce Bear.  The X has more of a J sound to it. 

You probably know that for about 10 years (1836 - 1846) they WERE a whole nother country. But you may not know that the Republic of Texas Navy was the first Naval service in the WORLD to issue repeating handguns, the Colt Patterson.

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[DesertMarine]

No, did not know that about Texas.  Knew about them being a republic.  Someone was saying that they have the only state flag that can fly equal height to the US flag, because they had been a republic.  I'll be nice and end it here.

[tombogan03884]

No, did not know that about Texas.  Knew about them being a republic.  Someone was saying that they have the only state flag that can fly equal height to the US flag, because they had been a republic.  I'll be nice and end it here.

Vermont and Hawaii were independent as well, Vermont broke from NH at the beginning of the revolution and did not join the "United States" until the time of the Constitution.