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Originally Posted by T-post Tom
How can anyone approve of a state that only has one syllable in its name?
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I can see how it came about. Some colonial guy was asking representatives "what shall your state be called?"
Dapperly dressed Boston guy with powdered wig: "We would like to be known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
Classy looking Providence guy in blue minuteman regalia: We shall be the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."
Goober in Elmer Fudd hat from Augusta with slow redneck accent. "Maine."