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Sometimes, I'll hear someone talk about a place called "Virginia", and I'll have no idea what they are talking about. Eventually, I figure out through context c
by Cytobit 6y ago
Sometimes, I'll hear someone talk about a place called "Virginia", and I'll have no idea what they are talking about. Eventually, I figure out through context clues that they are referring to the Commonwealth of Virginia. I wish they would save me the time of having to constantly explain why they are wrong.
- brobinson 6y agoBad analogy. This would be like people calling Rhode Island "Newport". The official state name is (the State of) "Rhode Island" (and Providence Plantations), and calling it by the name of one of its territories makes no sense.
- wolco 6y agoYet we all knew you meant Rhode Island by saying Newport.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoTangential factoid: often people (especially tourists) say Newport when they actually mean Aquidneck Island. Source: I've lived in that area.