[yarddog]

The river which runs through Asheville, NC is the "French Broad".

I can't count all the jokes I have heard about it.

[Vinnie]

The river which runs through Asheville, NC is the "French Broad".

That offends everyone( almost everyone). Freedom Broad??

[Stefan Stackhouse]

The river which runs through Asheville, NC is the "French Broad River".

It was named "French Broad" to distinguish it from the "Broad River" that ran on the ENGLISH side of the Eastern Continental Divide, way back when the Western side of the divide was French terriroty (and isn't any longer, Thank God!!)