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| Transylvania's a way cooler name. |
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| I think Kentucky's a cooler name. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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 Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:34 am Post subject: Kentucky should rename itself |
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| It should call itself Transylvania again. Can I get an amen? |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:39 am Post subject: |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| Blue Moon of Transylvania just doesn't have the same ring to it... |
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kimchikowboy
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: |
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| It should call itself Transylvania again. Can I get an amen? |
Again? Sorry, but could you post a link about when it was called Transylvania the first time? There is a small, private university near Lexington called that, but I'm not aware of the state ever having been named as such. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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I was pretty surprised at that too, but our Wikipedia just got up to cities in Kentucky and lo and behold, I found the words:
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Kentucky is one of four states referred to as a commonwealth. Before the American War of Independence, this land was called Transylvania with its capital at Boonesborough. It was a major gateway for early migration to the west through the Cumberland Gap, and was the first major frontier developed west of the Appalachian Mountains. Guns enabled this movement westward, and even the term shotgun was first coined in Kentucky in 1776. After the war, it became Kentucky County, Virginia and ten constitutional conventions took place at the courthouse of Constitution Square in Danville between 1784 and 1792. In 1790, Kentucky delegates accepted Virginia's terms for separation and the state constitution was drafted at the final convention in April 1792. On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union and Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero from Virginia, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| Trantucky? Kentsylvania? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| At some point before statehood the eastern portion of Kentucky tried to become a state. The capital was named Franklin, in an effort to get Ben to support their statehood request. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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The name should remain "Kentucky" in deference to its collegiate athletic teams. However, "KFC" should be changed to "KFBF" to indicate "Kentucky Fried Bird Flu" - to clear up any health concerns about its products...  |
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andrew
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Last edited by andrew on Tue May 05, 2009 5:51 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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I think any state beginning with "Ken" is a good thing.
Ken:> |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-Ta Boy, I think you are referring to Tennessee. What is now the eastern third of that state tried to join the Union as the State of Franklin prior to Tennessee's admission as a state in 1796, but it was vetoed by North Carolina, which wanted the area for itself. |
ah ha! Mr. andrew is right. I stand corrected. I must have been staring out the window when I should have been paying attention. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
I think any state beginning with "Ken" is a good thing.
Ken:> |
So that's why that state never answered any of my questions about Old English. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| Pligganease wrote: |
| Blue Moon of Transylvania just doesn't have the same ring to it... |
"Transylvania Colonel"?
"Transylvania Fried Chicken"?
Weren't the people in The Burbs from Transylvania? Who'd want to eat their chicken? |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Etymologically speaking it's not such a bad name:
trans - "across", "beyond", "through"
silva - "forest", "woodland"
I think it translates into English as "The land across the forest" or "The land beyond the woodlands".
I'm assuming "Pennsylvania" translates as "(William) Penn's Forest" or something along those lines. |
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