05-22-2003, 03:37 PM
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~*Geeky Girl*~
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On the farm
Posts: 47,960
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Originally posted by dadaist
Ah true, but what about the other 49?
Here we go (I'll start with Iowa, and then go alphabetically, just for IAKG).
Iowa is derived from a Dakota word for "the sleepy one."
(oh all explanations are sourced from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language)
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