Baldfaced or Boldfaced?

[glhs837]

Let me inject my crazy outsider logic here.

There are places in England (Ol' Blightey, Albion, etc), that are named York and Jersey.
Places that are called New (insert name of old place in England, like the above-mentioned York and Jersey) should logically be part of New England.
Yet they aren't, but places that are not named after Old England are part of the New England, like Maine or Rhode Island. This is highly illogical.

I know, convention and all that, but it defies all logical explanation.

And that's just the way we like it If they were logical minded folks, they wouldnt have packed up and went like they did....... Seems the name was locked in in 1606 by the Crown in the grant. The Pilgrims didnt arrive til 1620.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_E... explorer John,colonize and govern the region.

 

[Bann]

Let me inject my crazy outsider logic here.

There are places in England (Ol' Blightey, Albion, etc), that are named York and Jersey.
Places that are called New (insert name of old place in England, like the above-mentioned York and Jersey) should logically be part of New England.
Yet they aren't, but places that are not named after Old England are part of the New England, like Maine or Rhode Island. This is highly illogical.

I know, convention and all that, but it defies all logical explanation.

'Merica.



: biggrin:

 

[UglyBear]

So, to make it consistent they should either kick New Hampshire out of New England, or admit NJ into it.

 

[Sneakers]

So, to make it consistent they should either kick New Hampshire out of New England, or admit NJ into it.

Only if they can bring their pizza.

 

[Ken King]

So, to make it consistent they should either kick New Hampshire out of New England

Or just call it the North East and get rid of New England altogether, after all we did kick them out, twice.

 

[frequentflier]

Upstate NY'er here (well, a long time ago)
BALD face.

 

[glhs837]

Or just call it the North East and get rid of New England altogether, after all we did kick them out, twice.

We only did it once, it stuck, you all had to take two tries

 

[Ken King]

We only did it once, it stuck, you all had to take two tries

Who is "we"?

 

[glhs837]

Who is "we"?

New Englanders

 

[Ken King]

We only did it once, it stuck, you all had to take two tries

New Englanders

How do you figure "it stuck"? Best I can tell you all participated in the war of 1812 also (though it seems your heart wasn't in it). Ever hear of the Battle of Rye?

 

[glhs837]

How do you figure "it stuck"? Best I can tell you all participated in the war of 1812 also (though it seems your heart wasn't in it). Ever hear of the Battle of Rye?

From what I understand, they didnt even make shore

 

[Ken King]

From what I understand, they didnt even make shore

But New Englanders did participate, right? And there were several operations along the St. Lawrence River, even adventures into Canada that didn't go so well.

 

[glhs837]

But New Englanders did participate, right? And there were several operations along the St. Lawrence River, even adventures into Canada that didn't go so well.

DIdnt say we didnt fight, just that we didnt have to kick them out again

 

[Ken King]

DIdnt say we didnt fight, just that we didnt have to kick them out again

Yeah, many in New England at the time didn't have their heart in the war and most of the fighting was avoided up there by capitulation and paying extortion to the British. I guess no one kicked them out as the war was resolved with the treaty of Ghent and they just went home, right?

 

[lucky_bee]

Only if they can bring their pizza.

we got New Haven, thanks

 

[glhs837]

Yeah, many in New England at the time didn't have their heart in the war and most of the fighting was avoided up there by capitulation and paying extortion to the British. I guess no one kicked them out as the war was resolved with the treaty of Ghent and they just went home, right?

I tried