Iowa, Ohio, and now Indiana: I don’t ‘get’ it . . .
‘Englishman’
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Grabach
Sent: 08 June 2016 14:11
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Subject: Re: Geographically incorrect
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
513-529-1726
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
This reminds me of one of the few jokes I remember from Laugh-In.
Party-goer: I’m from Iowa.
Englishman: Isn’t that funny. In Britain we pronounce it “Ohio.”
Rob Lopresti
Western Washington University
Librarian for Maps, Government Information, Huxley College of the Environment, and Canadian-American Studies. 360-650-3342 [log in to unmask]
"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.
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
It happens all the time, apparently.
According to WalMart: “On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly…”