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06-15-2009, 02:22 PM
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1st Amendment, RIP!
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Ha, I didn't know that:
The small town of Why is named for the Y-shaped junction of highways 85 and 86
Why Arizona travel and tourism guide
I still like my guess better - why, oh, why, are you there?  |
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06-15-2009, 03:30 PM
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Guardian of the Arid Zone
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I HATE myself... I REALLY do!  |
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06-15-2009, 03:33 PM
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Guardian of the Arid Zone
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Originally Posted by sierraAZ
Ha, I didn't know that:
The small town of Why is named for the Y-shaped junction of highways 85 and 86
Why Arizona travel and tourism guide
I still like my guess better - why, oh, why, are you there? |
Yeah... state law was/is such that no town in Arizona can have less than three letters in its name... so, they renamed "Y" WHY!
Ain't that grand? Don't you just LOVE Arizona even more now?  |
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06-15-2009, 04:36 PM
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1st Amendment, RIP!
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Originally Posted by ZonyPony
Yeah... state law was/is such that no town in Arizona can have less than three letters in its name... so, they renamed "Y" WHY!
Ain't that grand? Don't you just LOVE Arizona even more now? |
As I already said, it's a whole lot more appropriate now!
Btw, some sources list it as a "community" or a "populated place" . A few buildings hardly qualify as a "town"... 
And its neighbor Ajo - another one of my fave names! I happen to know what it means because if I go off the beaten path in Mexico I have to make sure I don't get any ajo or sebolla in my food! |
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06-15-2009, 04:47 PM
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One of the Desert People
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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Originally Posted by sierraAZ
As I already said, it's a whole lot more appropriate now!
Btw, some sources list it as a "community" or a "populated place" . A few buildings hardly qualify as a "town"...
And its neighbor Ajo - another one of my fave names! I happen to know what it means because if I go off the beaten path in Mexico I have to make sure I don't get any ajo or sebolla in my food! |
Isn't ajo garlic? I don't know about sebolla? |
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06-15-2009, 04:52 PM
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1st Amendment, RIP!
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Isn't ajo garlic?
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I don't know about sebolla?
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onions
And I make sure I know harina tortilla as I hate corn tortillas. It may not be grammatically correct, but it gets the job done. |
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06-15-2009, 04:55 PM
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One of the Desert People
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yep
onions
And I make sure I know harina tortilla as I hate corn tortillas. It may not be grammatically correct, but it gets the job done. |
See, I made this easy for myself, I just don't go down there. Then I can get away with not having to know. |
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06-15-2009, 05:04 PM
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1st Amendment, RIP!
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Originally Posted by Chorizo
See, I made this easy for myself, I just don't go down there. Then I can get away with not having to know. |
Your loss. |
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06-15-2009, 05:26 PM
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One of the Desert People
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Your loss. |
Depends on how you look at it.  |
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06-15-2009, 05:30 PM
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1st Amendment, RIP!
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Depends on how you look at it. |
Sure. Some people don't care for beautiful beaches and resorts. |
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