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Thread #60464   Message #968070
Posted By: artbrooks
17-Jun-03 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Oxymoron place names
Subject: RE: BS: Oxymoron place names
We also have Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The truth is that the old TV quiz show paid the town fathers to rename it...and the consequence is that they now have to live with it! More here.

Kat, I used to live in BUR-lin, Connecticut. The accent was supposedly moved during WW-I.