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From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
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Subject: Re: Re: bizarre place names
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 16:43:30 EDT
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> > 
> > Chicago comes from an Indian word meaning "cesspool".
> > 
> > 				Scott Anderson
> > 				ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra
> 
> According to "Trivial Pursuit, Genus II" (I know, a really authoritative
> source) Chicago comes from "Garlic Field".

And here, I always thought it meant "wild onions," which really isn't that
far from "garlic field."
-- 
...and I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody outside of a small circle
of friends...

Ken Shoemaker, Microprocessor Design for a large, Silicon Valley firm

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