For example, in Washington Heights and Golan Heights, what does “heights” mean? What does it tell us about the place?

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, I assume you’re American and you guys call the main course the entrée. What else can one expect from uncultured barbarians that they don’t respect the most basic laws of human decency? I mean, what’s next? Wearing a hat inside? Disgusting.

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      1 year ago

      We have a bunch of cities here with the word laguna in their name, at least 4 from memory in the same county. No lagunas in sight.

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      My town has a “Valley View” that is always amusing. Yeah, it’s at the bottom of a small valley, so there’s no view except the immediately surrounding houses