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Show SUGGESTION F0? I INDIAN DIALECT? ' IN STATE NAT4 A writer in the Boston Trn. ' who finds the Indian names of the states "superbly e,,ni, would rename those sta " have failed to take advantage 3 excellent sources as the v f" dlan dialects. Thus Carfe0 would become the senior H from Potomac; the states ofv''' din, Merrimae and Winooskl norlhern tier of New England " vie for the .summer tourist baa!? Governor Lehman would wmu' the destinies of the state o hattnn, and Governor Earl those of Wyoming, the latter mJ" be expropriated from a western " which has no clear title to It Maryland, West Virginia' n Carolina, South Carolina and r gia, instead of paying homage w memory of English royalty. wouL i! known, respectively, as Chesar!, Shenandoah, Catawba, SanteT e' Altamaha. Florida's winter vlsii might ballot on the choice beta? Okeechobee and Suwannee The Transcript writer offers oth names in exchange for those b ! by New Jersey, Indiana, ColonT Arizona, Washington, Montana V vada and New Mexico, hat 'it i profitless to dwell on the music t these Indian syllables. Euphonic! as the names of Alabama and Mlssi, sippi and Tennessee may seem ft non-Indian names that are now 1 tablished are not likely to be fl. turbed; not even the haunting loveU ness of Shenandoah is enough to ' overturn history. New York Sun ! |