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« on: June 23, 2016, 08:28:49 AM »
Washington, Imo. Not that George wasn't a decent guy, just ... why?
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2016, 08:40:07 AM »
Yeah, I do find it a bit weird/amusing that this state is named after a guy who never set foot anywhere near it during his lifetime.
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2016, 08:47:45 AM »
Kentucky, haha.  Sorry to our great Kentuckians here (and I like the state!), but it's hard to avoid sounding silly saying it.
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2016, 08:47:55 AM »
Kansas sounds pretty stupid. Also Illinois.
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2016, 08:51:37 AM »
Arkansas. Spelled stupidly based off pronunciation(slient S? Really?) and Kansas proper got it right. Name also doesn't sound good.
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2016, 09:16:14 AM »
Arkansas.
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2016, 09:56:52 AM »
Definitely Arkansas.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2016, 10:18:10 AM »
Washington should be named something like Columbia, Rainier, Cascadia, Olympia, Salish, etc.
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2016, 10:22:25 AM »
Illinois.
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2016, 10:43:00 AM »
Quote from: realisticidealist on June 23, 2016, 10:18:10 AM
Washington should be named something like Columbia, Rainier, Cascadia, Olympia, Salish, etc.

Agreed.
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2016, 10:53:55 AM »
Quote from: realisticidealist on June 23, 2016, 10:18:10 AM
Washington should be named something like Columbia, Rainier, Cascadia, Olympia, Salish, etc.

Nookshack, Muckleshoot, Suquamish, Klickitat... lots of good names to choose from.
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2016, 11:00:59 AM »
Quote from: shua on June 23, 2016, 10:53:55 AM
Quote from: realisticidealist on June 23, 2016, 10:18:10 AM
Washington should be named something like Columbia, Rainier, Cascadia, Olympia, Salish, etc.

Nookshack, Muckleshoot, Suquamish, Klickitat... lots of good names to choose from.

Skamania
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2016, 11:10:50 AM »
Quote from: LLR on June 23, 2016, 08:47:55 AM
Kansas sounds pretty stupid. Also Illinois.

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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2016, 11:10:58 AM »
Massachusetts. It's unnecessarily long for such a small state, and unlike California, isn't phonetic. Make it easier for kids and rename it Plymouth, Mayflower, or Blue Hill. That all being said, I like that it is named after the local indigenous colony Massachusett (thank you Wikipedia), but I still think such an important state could have a simpler name.
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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2016, 11:27:09 AM »
Quote from: hurricanehink on June 23, 2016, 11:10:58 AM
Massachusetts. It's unnecessarily long for such a small state, and unlike California, isn't phonetic. Make it easier for kids and rename it Plymouth, Mayflower, or Blue Hill. That all being said, I like that it is named after the local indigenous colony Massachusett (thank you Wikipedia), but I still think such an important state could have a simpler name.
As a Massachusettensian, I resent that.
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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2016, 12:13:06 PM »
Idaho.

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« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2016, 12:14:28 PM »
Idaho since it's not even a real word.
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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2016, 12:18:28 PM »
Rhode Island...not even an island...Oklahoma is also pretty ridiculous.
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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2016, 12:26:53 PM »
Oklahoma and Mississippi
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« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2016, 12:27:30 PM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith on June 23, 2016, 12:18:28 PM
Rhode Island...not even an island...Oklahoma is also pretty ridiculous.

Rhode Island is an island.   Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is a state.
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« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2016, 12:36:03 PM »
Quote from: shua on June 23, 2016, 12:27:30 PM
Quote from: L.D. Smith on June 23, 2016, 12:18:28 PM
Rhode Island...not even an island...Oklahoma is also pretty ridiculous.

Rhode Island is an island.   Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is a state.

And yet the whole thing is usually called Rhode Island, even the non-island parts.

Providence would've made more sense as a whole.
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« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2016, 01:41:59 PM »
Quote from: hurricanehink on June 23, 2016, 11:10:58 AM
Massachusetts. It's unnecessarily long for such a small state, and unlike California, isn't phonetic. Make it easier for kids and rename it Plymouth, Mayflower, or Blue Hill. That all being said, I like that it is named after the local indigenous colony Massachusett (thank you Wikipedia), but I still think such an important state could have a simpler name.

Massachusetts is perfectly phonetic. What kind of non-phonetic way do you pronounce it?
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« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2016, 01:47:54 PM »
Quote from: NerdyBohemian on June 23, 2016, 12:14:28 PM
Idaho since it's not even a real word.
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« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2016, 01:52:32 PM »
Either the Dakotas or New Mexico
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« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2016, 01:57:39 PM »
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