To: muawiyah
Let me put it this way, if Bretons from Saint-Malo called it that, and were the first human settlers, then that's it's name.
Do you refer to New York City as New Amsterdam or by the name used by the Indians who sold it to the Dutch?
I smell hypocracy. And it stinks.
jas3
12 posted on
09/30/2007 7:23:03 PM PDT by
jas3
To: jas3
I smell hypocracy. And it stinks.
Yep.
13 posted on
09/30/2007 7:36:10 PM PDT by
bill1952
(The 10 most important words for change: "If it is to be, it is up to me")
To: jas3
I refer to it as Manhattan, as do you, which is a slight variation of St. Menhoulde which was applied to the place by the first permanent settlers ~ all of whom came from Wallonia.
Do you think I don't know these things?
14 posted on
09/30/2007 7:54:48 PM PDT by
muawiyah
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson