Hi Andrew and Wayne:
OK'd CDN human names Alberta, Jasper, ..........
the list of don't go there is much longer; Red Deer, Manyberries,
Mississaugua, Halifax, Banff, Tucktayuctuk, Saskatoon, Medicine Hat,
Osoyoos, Winnipeg, .........
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 6:38 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: What's in a name - really OT
> on 2004/08/15 8:20 AM, Wayne Harridge at wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
> > Dunno if this is just an Oz phenomenon or not, but there seems to be a
> > fashion here for naming children (particularly girls) after USofA
> > states. Is this widespread, does it happen in the USofA itself ?
> >
> > A bloke I worked with named his daughter "Indiana" (I thought that was a
> > boy's name anyhow !), another bloke I worked with named his daughter
> > "Montana" and I heard a woman talking in the tea room last week, she
> > said her sister was naming her daughter "Dakota" (South/North - I'm not
> > sure !).
>
> Haven't seen that in Canada, but I know someone called Victoria...
>
> There's also a kid in the neighborhood called Kenya, and I've heard of
boys
> being called Chad.
>
> :-)
> Andrew
>
>
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