Re: [Bell Historians] Orleans, ?, USA

[Dickon Love]

>  From: Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl at cTBANxGo-0Bm26sdRPS205x_VrQK6xUKAuXx8anTZJJppQB_0t4bb48sIxquhKC1fmL3_ErffHA.yahoo.invalid>

>  One of the peculiarities of the USA is that there are many instances
>  of city & town names which are used in more than one state. (The
>  "classic" example is Springfield - about half of the states have a
>  town or city with that name.) For this reason, it is always
>  appropriate, and almost always necessary, to include the name of the
>  state when mentioning the name of a city or town......

Over here, Americans are often ridiculed for saying "London, England", and now we know why.

Of course, ringers do their own thing and will only qualify the name of the place if there is more than one with a ring of bells.  So we talk about Newport, Gwent (whether people agree that Gwent still exists or not) as opposed to Newport IOW,etc.  We will no doubt end up referring to just Orleans, as that will be the only Orleans with a ring of bells, just as we just refer to Altanta, or Miami, or Chicago.  Admittedly it doesn't help at this particular time.

DrL

P.S. So which Springfield do the Simpsons live in?