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Rhode Island

ZenLefty

(20,924 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:02 AM Mar 2012

I always thought that I was pretty good at geography. [View all]

But it just dawned on me today that your state is very obviously not an island and you call it an island anyway. I always knew it wasn't an island. I always knew it was called Rhode Island. But just now I put the two together. What is up with that? Why the deceit?

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I always thought that I was pretty good at geography. [View all] ZenLefty Mar 2012 OP

This sounds like a Seinfeld dialogue Sanity Claws Mar 2012 #1

Yeah, well, I've got a beef with the name 'Pennsylvania'! Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #2

I know! And Colorado isn't red either. ZenLefty Mar 2012 #4

Never thought of it either. Here's the Wiki entry - pinto Mar 2012 #3

That sounds like a cover up. ZenLefty Mar 2012 #5

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