Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Connecticut

Questo nome è nativo oppure ha a che fare con connessioni e 
tagli?
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oggi no, domani sì

 
Excerpted from 
 
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles16/new-england-roads-17.shtml
 The etymology of Connecticut is interesting. The legend runs that it is
 derived from `connect' and `ticket,'?perennial topics of conversation 
 with its citizens, especially those in the southwestern part of the State 
 who use Connecticut as a bedroom and live in New York. The usual 
 assumption that the State is named from the river seems rather 
 paradoxical, for the river `connects' nothing, though it certainly does 
 `cut' the State in half. 
Max

> Questo nome è nativo oppure ha a che fare con connessioni
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Grazie, ma non spiega l'origine del nome purtroppo.
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> Questo nome è nativo oppure ha a che fare con connessioni e
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LOL. No connection whatsoever. It's a Native American term (as are most
long and complicated-sounding names in NA.) Massachusetts, for example,
comes from the Massasoit tribe that lived there originally.
The name Connecticut comes from a Native American word "Quinatucquet,"
which meant "Beside the Long Tidal River."
http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm
There is (anecdotally, anyway) a location in New England called
Gogmagogmanchogagog(and-a-bunch-of-other-gogs) that means "You fish on that
side of the lake; we'll fish on this side of the lake, no one will fish in
the middle of the lake, and we'll all get along."
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 the middle of the lake, and we'll all get along.
I just spoke to my resident expert on this matter, who tells me it's Lake
Webster, and the real name is
Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
My apologies for misspelling it originally.  :)
http://users.net1plus.com/websterpd/webster_lake.htm
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 My apologies for misspelling it originally.  :)
I suspected you had misspelt it, for your version means:
"You piss on that side of the lake; we'll piss on this side of the lake,
no-one will piss in the middle of the lake (cuz we piss in the lake, and
you don't want to swim to the middle of it), and our bladders will all get
along".
Bye, FB
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"Nasalization is just a part of life"
(Joey DoWop Dee on it.cultura.linguistica.inglese)

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Further to this issue, I realize just now that many of the US States names
are derived from Indian names.
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
Alabama
Montana
North and South Dakota
Kansas
Idaho
etc. 
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LOL. (There's actually a spit of land stretching almost across the middle
of the real lake, and so fishing -- or pissing -- there would be possible
without having to enter the water, but as we [both, apparently] agree,
that's just not advisable.)
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...and many more from limey names.

 ...and many more from limey names.
Not actually, not as far as state names. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York are the only ones that come to mind. However, there are thousands of
city and other regional names that are, as you put it, from limey names.
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city and other regional names that are, as you put it, from limey names.
I've looked up a few more (for want of something better to do) but I
do agree, I found lots of Indian originated names.
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
Georgia (George II )
North Carolina (Charles I )
South Carolina (Charles I)
Virgina (Elizabeth I)
West Virgina  (Elizabeth I)
Pennsylvania (Sir Willaim Penn)
Oregon (first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the
writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer)
Maryland (In honor of Henrietta Maria (Queen of Charles I of England))
Maine (It has been considered a compliment to Henrietta Maria, queen
of Charles I of England)

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So, I learned something today. Damn! I hate it when that happens! :)
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So, I learned something today. Damn! I hate it when that happens! :)
<G> I wasn't trying to get one over on you, I only knew because I
looked it up. I don't know the origins of places names here. I watched
a history TV programme that said that places ending in "by" originated
from Viking names.

 So, I learned something today. Damn! I hate it when that happens! :)
I loved it :)

What sort of compliment?
I presume it's because of "Maria" translated to "Mary". I'm sure you'd
be flattered if your Mrs name a state after you :) 

 be flattered if your Mrs name a state after you :)
And Maine?

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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108221.html
First used to distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands. It
has been considered a compliment to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles
I of England. She was said to have owned the province of Mayne in
France.
OK, so maybe we can say that this one has a little bit to do with
France :)

 that)
You are right. I stand corrected.
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