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Show According to a local tradition, probably proba-bly invented, Sayville, L. I., received its name in a peculiar fashion. The 6Cttlers were gathered in debate upon the shore trying to agree upon a name for the place, and one after another proposed his sugp-ostion with "Sav, how'll this do?" After many suggestions sugges-tions had been rejected, some one, barren bar-ren of imagination but sensitive of ear, proposed that the oft-repeated word "say" be made the first syllable of the name and that ville be added as the second syllable. The idea took, and, says the legend, then and there the settlement set-tlement was christened Sayville. |