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Thread #42545   Message #619031
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
31-Dec-01 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Name of apartments, condos, townhouses
Subject: RE: What's in a Name??
You can depend on it that if it's named (whatever) Forest there isn't a tree within three miles. If it's (whatever) Valley or (whatever) Peak, it's dead flat. And the like.

For some reason developers (in the Indianapolis area, anyway) think that English names make their dumps sound upper-classy. Say it's Brockhampton Arms (real example). I am sure no-one here ever heard of a Brockhampton, either as a place or family name. And the developer has no faintest idea that "Arms" means a coat of arms; there seems to be an idea that "Arms" refers to a sort of protective or sheltering influence, like your mother's arms.

Dave Oesterreich