Good start Froz, but besides the Spanish and French, don't we need to do something about all of those "Native American" names?

Somehow, Artichoke Flats just sounds so western American.

Wow, you're from Sacto? Cool. I guess we have to rename Modesto -- how about McHenry, CA?

'stead of Artichoke Flats (which sounds a bit too much like the title of a Steinbeck novel -- he was a commie wasn't he?), how about East Davis, CA?

For Manteca we have a nice, mono-syllabic, Anglo-Saxon term handy -- Lard, CA.

Was Mexico

I prefer Not Mexico.

Santa Fe: Fe? Who the fuck is Fe? Iron?

That one will never sell. Knowing that Fe means iron is way too nerdy. I think Santa Claus, WM has a nice ring to it.

And as for Amarillo, what with the way us true Texans pronounce it, it already is no longer Spanish. The same holds true for Llano. Not to mention the streets in Austin named Guadalupe and Manchaca.

I am shocked (shocked!) at the impiety of naming Sacramento, which is a perfectly blessed name if it weren't made filthy by its ferr'n sound, after a fruit. On my annual retreat the other day God told me to rename Sacramento to Prayer Canyon. I know there's no canyon there, so I guess we'd best show up with some backhoes and get to work. I see a little seed money - they don't call 'em angel investors for nothing - and then, one day, a theme park. Fun for the whole country. Hallelujah!

If was are going for historical accuracy, doesn't Sacramento have to be Sutterville or Fort Sutter?

If was are going for historical accuracy, doesn't Sacramento have to be Sutterville or Fort Sutter?

In an ideal world, maybe. But we deal in reality around here.

we deal in reality around here.

I've heard that claim . . . But back on topic, if we want reality, Sacramento has to be Reallyboringville.

Reallyboringville sounds kind of nice if you say it in a heavy Ahnold accent.

M/tch- you've got it right; it IS pronounced Gwaddle Loop, and bully to anyone who seyz otherwise.

And its Kay Nig road, screw that Koenig noise...

Salida will henceforth be known as Exit, CA (though "No Exit" might be more appropriate). San Leandro I think we can refer to quite tersely, as "Leonards".

M/tch- you've got it right; it IS pronounced Gwaddle Loop, and bully to anyone who seyz otherwise.

And don't forget MAN-shack.

At least we don't pronounce Houston HOW-ston, like those NYC freaks.

And I've been thinking: Texas supposedly takes its name from a Native American word. It was apparently pronounced Tay-hos, but for some reason the Spaniards over here spelled it with an "x", and what's a whitey to do but say it like it's spelled?

Anyway, the word apparently meant "friendship" or "friendly" or something all wussylike. Screw that. From here on out I think our great state should be called "Kixas".

Either that or "RealBarbecueLand".

Fe isn't iron--it's faith, people. (Apo, you're from Sacto? Cool!)

Los Angeles has gotta become Disneyville, people. San Francisco? Screw political correctness. Gaytown.

Shit, California needs a new name. I suggest we just call it Goldie, thereby including all the things that are important: the gold rush, blondes, and drought--in one fell swoop. While we're at it, Nevada? Them Spanish-speakin' people are nuts: there's no fucking snow in Nevada. Deserta, let's call it. And Las Vegas? No goddamn meadow there. Neon City, people.

The Sierra Nevadas? Up north they call 'em the Cascades. Just move it on south, people.

I don't think I said "people" enough in that comment, did I? Fuckin' faux populism.

(Apo, you're from Sacto? Cool!)

Froz != Apo.

Fe isn't iron--it's faith, people.

Spanish != The Periodic Table

Just so it's clear, I wanted to stress that my previous comment was in no ways meant to impugn the knowldedge or capabilities of Mexican chemists.

Isn't Seattle named after an Indian Chief?

New name: Grungebucksville.

My vague recollection from a friend who lived in Washington (state) is that Seattle is named after a chief whose name was sacred and not meant to be spoken aloud. Fortunately we white folks managed to misspell it, so maybe that's okay.

East Davis?

I love that. So will it help bring the price of our rent in Davis down?

Not as much as calling the whole Cap area 'North Stockton.'

'North Stockton.'

Or, North Lard.

North Stockton? Now you're killing me. But really, why don't we just go for North Bakersfield and see if we can clear out the whole Central Valley?

Froz != Apo. Oops, my bad.

I'll sign on to North Stockton and North Bakersfield. Seattle really oughta be Amazonville, though, on account of both the books and the lesbians.

Froz != Apo. Oops, my bad.

You still haven't apologized for disparaging the faith of Mexican chemists.

That was you, M/tch. You really need to get some help with your identity issues.

I never disparaged the faith of Mexican chemists. In fact, I'm on record as saying that their faith is like iron.

That, in fact, it IS iron. But one assumes that the nails in Christ's feet and hands were made of iron. Are you saying, then, that the faith of Mexicans is what crucified Our Lord? It's an interesting counterpart to the Jew theory, but somewhat ahistorical, don't you think?

I'm pretty sure a number of people named Jesus have been killed by Mexicans.

Notice that nowhere did I use the name "Jesus."

B, nails don't crucify people, JewsRomans crucify people.

Do you still deny that Fe = Iron?

Hmmm, now why didn't the <strike> tags work on "Jews"?

I think you forgot the semicolons. Either that, or they are even more powerful than I suspected.

I'm supposed to use semicolons? Nobody told me about any semicolons!

Where should they be placed?

And just how powerful do you suspect semicolons are anyway?

In case it wasn't clear from the above, I really didn't know you needed semicolons, and I don't know where to place them. Help!

M/inM/, I think apostropher was referring to the reason your html did not work in the post asking why the <strike> tag did not work -- in that comment you forgot to put a semicolon following &lt which caused it not to render properly on non-IE browsers. However that does not go to answer the question you are asking about the strike tag.

&lt;strike&gt; should yield <strike>

And just how powerful do you suspect semicolons are anyway?

Depends. The Jewish semicolons control Hollywood and the world banking system, as I understand it. The rest of the semicolons are just cogs in the machine.

Right but I understood M/inM/ to be asking, not why his "<strike>" didn't show up when he asked the question (at 10:04), but why when he entered that tag into the comments box (at 10:03) it did cause the text which it enclosed to be rendered with strikethrough.

Yeah, I meant to strike through the Jews in the 10:03 post, but somehow they resisted. Or does the word "Jews" in that post show up as stricken through in your browser?

And yep, I'm using IE and forgot about needing semicolons after the & symbol for other browsers. I think in my brain I was just assuming that it only applied to umlauts. Stupid.

I guess now you'll accuse me of mis-using semicolons.

But really and truly, I want to know, how does one achieve the strikethrough effect on apostropher?

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Huh. I have no idea.

Damn Jews!

No. It's umlauts (from Umlautstan), not Jews, that have historically abused semicolons. And asterisks run the world banking system.

No, wait, asteroids run the world banking system. My bad.

Huh. I have no idea.

Maybe we should ask whoever it is what runs this site to get their shit together and get us some strikethroughs?

Froz -- pay obeisance to your (m)aster!

Dear God, No! NO! TMK, I really, really need to get some work done today. Why did you have to do that?

Come on Froz, get those asteroids! The future of galactic civilization depends on it!

I'd like to request a name change for a town close to Pittsburgh called North Versailles.

Pronounced North Vursales.

Of course.

Ain't no Frenchies allowed.

North Freedomtown?