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Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc.
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Has nobody in Indiana complained about this? Is what I want to know.

Ken Grabach
Maps Librarian
BEST Library, 219D
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, OH  45056  USA

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
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> This reminds me of one of the few jokes I remember from Laugh-In.
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> Party-goer: I’m from Iowa.
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> Englishman: Isn’t that funny.  In Britain we pronounce it “Ohio.”
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> Rob Lopresti
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> Western Washington University
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> Librarian for Maps, Government Information, Huxley College of the
> Environment, and Canadian-American
> Studies.
> 360-650-3342                 [log in to unmask]
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> "Hard would it be for one mortal to tell all the names of these [rivers],
> but everyone knows the river he happens to live by." - Hesiod, ca. 700 B.C.
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Kathy Stroud
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:18 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: Geographically incorrect
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> It happens all the time, apparently.
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> According to WalMart:  “On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat
> similarly…”
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> http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-terps-t-shirt-massachusetts-outline-confuses-public-but-not-walmart-story.html
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