To the three persons from my English Language course who came up to me on the train platform and allowed me to join their conversation: you won't see this, but I was feeling terribly lonely after the seminar, and you are the reason I wasn't in tears on my journey back from campus today. Thank you so much; you have no idea how much you helped me
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It's hilariously confusing, although it does explain Richard Hammond's intensive fondness for pickup trucks. (They reran the America special as part of a four hour Top Gear marathon last night BBC American; it was awesome!)
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And yes, New Mexico, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey need better names. Especially the ones that are in New England.
Where I'm from, all the names lead to long linguistic arguments about whether they're derived from local Native American languages, or actually French. No one knows.
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And I constantly have to add 'The state, not the country' when telling people where I'm at.
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