A Conversation for Canadian Toponymy

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Post 1

Mr. Cogito

Hello,

The joke I heard about Canadian naming is that a Canadian was asked to come up with the name by pulling letters out of a hat. As he did it, he said "C eh? N eh? D eh?" and the name thus became Canada. Okay, I suppose it's not too funny...

Yours,
Jake


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Post 2

Zem

... it is if you've spent any time with Canadians, eh?

smiley - smiley


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Post 3

Researcher 192629

It appears from the Entry that Canadian place names are not, as I was told, named either after the first white man to arrive, or the last native to leave ...


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