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A Rose By Any Other Name

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Sat Aug 29 08:38:33 2026

While @lM and the rest of the librral slug community wring their hands o er the mock renaming of lake ontario, who renamed it lake ontario?

"What was Lake Ontario originally called?
It has been in use since at least 1639. During French colonial Canada, various other names for the lake were also used, including Frontenac and St. Louis, though Ontario ultimately became the common term.
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So who is the final arbitrator? Who should be? Certainly not just the inhabitants of a modern 3rd world nation.

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Re: A Rose By Any Other Name

Posted by Easy on Sat Aug 29 14:52:17 2026, in response to A Rose By Any Other Name, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Sat Aug 29 08:38:33 2026.

It got its name from native Americans like many other geographic features in that area and around the country. The Canadian province took its name from the lake, not the other way around. That's what makes it even sillier than it already is.

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Re: A Rose By Any Other Name

Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 29 17:18:23 2026, in response to Re: A Rose By Any Other Name, posted by Easy on Sat Aug 29 14:52:17 2026.

Nope. Etymologists and revisionist "historians" hide behind "thought to" or "likely" among other weasel terms.

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