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Thread #126706 Message #2826871
Posted By: mousethief
31-Jan-10 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Imaginary places in song??
Subject: RE: Imaginary places in song??
I'm not sure the existence of towns in North America called "El Dorado" really puts paid to the question. It's an imaginary town in song and legend (as one says), and going and naming a real town after it doesn't change that, nor make the songs and legends suddenly "about" the real town. They're still about the imaginary town. (Barring somebody writing a tongue-in-cheek song about one of the imitations.)