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Thread #10508 Message #73505
Posted By: Bert
26-Apr-99 - 11:21 AM
Thread Name: Place names
Subject: RE: Place names
That's not what I heard about the origin of the name Canada.
When the country was young, they couldn't agree on a name for it, so they formed a committee of three bigwigs and a secretary. Well this committee met for a long time and still couldn't come up with a suitable name.
As the deadline approached the secretary suggested that they put some letters in a hat and each member would pick out a letter and the secretary would write the letters down.
The first guy picked and said "C eh!"......