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To: SunkenCiv
Imagine — an entire city named after a replacement window company... ;’)

LOL!

You made me curious. The product is named for Pella, Iowa, which was founded by Dutch immigrants. The name comes not from Pella, Macedonia, but Pella, Jordan, one of the Decapolis cities. They named it for that city because it was an early Christian center. It is, however, very ancient, having been a Canaanite center with a name sounding similar to Pella. But there is a legend the place was re-founded by Alexander the great and it was in fact a Hellenistic town back in the day. So, who knows?

18 posted on 08/31/2009 12:55:56 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Martha's Vineyard is great! Hey, honey, let's take a drive . . . .)
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To: colorado tanker

Jerry: “I did this thing on the Ottoman Empire. Like, what was this? A whole empire based on putting your feet up?”


19 posted on 08/31/2009 6:49:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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