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soldierant

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6. There is so uch duplication of names among the continents and provinces of North America

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:37 AM

Nov 3

that you can practically count on getting confused sometimes. I have lost track of the Springfields, and there are at least four Duluths - Minnesota, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi each have one, and there may be more. Don't be surprised that Ontarios Canada is not the only Ontario.

I'm oin Colorado but born and raised in California, and in my part of the country we have duplicate place names to cities in Mexico, Central America, and South America. New York and Georgia (and probably others, those just come to mind) have towns and cities named after ancient Greece. Most humans are not exactly original thinkers.

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Uhhh...what the hell is an ICE Agent doing in Ontario, Canada?! electric_blue68 Nov 3 #1

Ontario, CA Aviation Pro Nov 3 #2

Ontario, California. I used to live out there when my dad worked for Lockheed Aircraft at the Ont. Airport Hekate Nov 3 #3

I traveled there once BlueMTexpat Nov 3 #5

I had just graduated from HS in Hawaii when we moved there in 1965. Culture shock is hardly the word for what I felt... Hekate Nov 3 #15

There is so uch duplication of names among the continents and provinces of North America soldierant Nov 3 #6

Ontario, California, is forty miles East of Los Angeles. John1956PA Nov 3 #7

the 'behind' part really counts for nothing stopdiggin Nov 3 #4

Oink oink questionseverything Nov 3 #18

WTF? malaise Nov 3 #8

Of course they shot him in the back. It's what cowards do. Ray Bruns Nov 3 #9

i.c.e thugs shot an American citizen Marthe48 Nov 3 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author UT_democrat Nov 3 #11

Ontario, California, where I bet Hispanic people Wednesdays Nov 3 #12

Or 20,000 years ago, depending Hekate Nov 3 #16

Believe the American Gestapo ? republianmushroom Nov 3 #13

Ohhh. Duh, lol. Laughing At Myself (not the terrble event). electric_blue68 Nov 3 #14

I don't believe the ICE thugs. They are proven liars again & again. When beating a victim to unconsciousness... Hekate Nov 3 #17

SO many of these stories. TOO many!!! yellow dahlia Nov 3 #19

Re Ontario. It never occured to me that a US town would have a Canadian name. electric_blue68 Nov 4 #20