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The Oranges
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: The Oranges
- From: "61510::GILSON" <cbmvax!uunet!CCF2.NRL.NAVY.MIL!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!gilson!61510.decnet>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1992 12:48:00 EST
- Reply-To: "61510::GILSON" <cbmvax!uunet!CCF2.NRL.NAVY.MIL!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!gilson!61510.decnet>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!LOJBAN>
Lojbab writes:
>Mark's West Orange works, because (I believe) there is
>an East Orange, and maybe a couple of other Oranges nearby. Thus, if
>the group of them is called (as it might be) "The Oranges", then if the
>town to the west is West Orange, Lojban-translating the West is legit.
The reference to "The Oranges" is quite common locally, to include just-
plain-Orange as well as West, East, and South Orange (to my knowledge, there
is no North Orange.)
Bruce