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To: fidelis
...the La Brea Tar Pits...

I used to work with a guy who enjoyed pointing out that "the La Brea Tar Pits" can be translated as "the The Tar Tar Pits"...

;^)

22 posted on 07/01/2025 11:43:03 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Who is John Galt?
I used to work with a guy who enjoyed pointing out that "the La Brea Tar Pits" can be translated as "the The Tar Tar Pits"...

Not only that, what's contained there isn't even tar. It's asphalt.

39 posted on 07/01/2025 12:29:17 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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