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Unusual USA place names 6. – Reminderville

REMINDERVILLE, Ohio

In Summit County

Name from Clement  Reminder

An early mayor

 


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On the subject of tea

TYPHOO TEA

Founder John Summer

dai fu, Chinese for doctor

Tea, as  medicine


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Obscure words explained96. – panache

PANACHE

Flamboyant manner

Comes from a plume of feathers

Peacock style display


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Obscure words explained 95. – taradiddle

TARADIDDLE

Means a petty lie

used to embellish stories

No harm meant by them


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Obscure words explained 93. – chockablock

CHOCKABLOCK

A nautical term

when blocks drawn close together

permit no movement

Note: Originally chock and block, part of the tackle on rigged sailing ships


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Obscure words explained 91. – panacea

PANACEA

Universal cure

An answer for all problems

Not always the case


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Obscure words explained 92. – breviloquent

BREVILOQUENT

Concise or terse style

He was a man of few words

barking out orders


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Unusual USA place names 5. – Quamba

QUAMBA, Kanabec County Minnesota

formerly Mud Creek

changed to an Ojibway word

Quamba  means mud hole


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Unusual USA place names 4. – Koo Chi Ching

KOO CHI CHING, Koo Chi Ching County, Minnesota

Sounds Chinese some say

but these are Ojibway words

The place of inlets

Note: The inlets being on Rainy lake and the Rainy River