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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RA.MSSTATE.EDU!MAYNOR
  3. Message-ID: <9212311924.AA13643@Ra.MsState.Edu>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 1992 13:24:09 CST
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
  8. Subject: Re: Follow-up to ALD's TP question
  9. Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  12. > Why *do* the Italians call Munich the "Monaco of Bavaria"?  What's the
  13. > correspondence?  All I can think of is "playground" or "fun city" or the
  14.  
  15. They both start with M?
  16.  
  17. > like.  Why, you might as well call Tupelo the "Pittsburgh of Northeast
  18. > Mississippi."
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  20. No, Tupelo is the Toronto of Northeast Mississippi.
  21.    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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