. Of course we also have places like Acushnet, Mattapoisett, Cotuit, Agawam, Mount Wachusett, Lake Cochichuit, and Lake Chargogagomanchagagogchabunagungamog,

You're just too quick for us! Chargogagomanchagagogchabunagungamog is how we spell London here. :-)

Maine is part of New England, but New York isn't. It only got to be New Amsterdam.

As to English town names, Massachusetts has such places as... Marlboro....

well in Ct we have Bristol,Cheshire,Greenwich,Guilford,Milford,Wallingford

To what I can't figure out is the way they spell some of the town name's versus pronouncing them. One day I was delivering a load to Worcester Ma., and I stopped at one of the toll plazas to use a phone to get directions into the place.
They said get off the turnpike and head torwards Wooster, and I said wait a minute, I never seen any town like that on the map, then they said, that is where we are at.
Then I asked them, how do they get Wooster out of Worcester, I said now in Ohio, we do have a Wooster, and it is spelled Wooster.
For them to get Wooster out of Worcester, somebody had to of had a speech impediment, and must of been in high standings, for nobody to ever change it.
Maybe the witch burning days.

Duke of York
New York harbor was visited by Verrazano in 1524, and the Hudson River was first explored by Henry Hudson in 1609. The Dutch settled here permanently in 1624 and for 40 years they ruled over the colony of New Netherland. It was conquered by the English in 1664 and was then named New York in honor of the Duke of York.


Independence

Existing as a colony of Great Britain for over a century, New York declared its independence on July 9, 1776, becoming one of the original 13 states of the Federal Union. The next year, on April 20, 1777, New York's first constitution was adopted.



Revolutionary War

In many ways, New York State was the principal battleground of the Revolutionary War. Approximately one-third of the skirmishes and engagements of the war were fought on New York soil. The Battle of Saratoga, one of the decisive battles of the world, was the turning point of the Revolution leading to the French alliance and thus to eventual victory. New York City, long occupied by British troops, was evacuated on November 25, 1783. There, on December 4 at Fraunces Tavern, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers.




The first government of New York State

grew out of the Revolution. The State Convention that drew up the Constitution created a Council of Safety which governed for a time and set the new government in motion. In June 1777, while the war was going on, an election for the first governor took place. Two of the candidates, Philip Schuyler and George Clinton, were generals in the field. Two others, Colonel John Jay and General John Morin Scott, were respectively leaders of the aristocratic and democratic groups in the Convention. On July 9, George Clinton was declared elected and he was inaugurated as Governor at Kingston, July 30, 1777. Albany became the capital of the State in January 1797.


The First Capital of the New Nation


Alexander Hamilton was a leader in the movement which ended in the development of the Federal Constitution, and he was active in its ratification. New York City became the first capital of the new nation, where President George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.

For them to get Wooster out of Worcester, somebody had to of had a speech impediment, and must of been in high standings, for nobody to ever change it.

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For them to get Wooster out of Worcester, somebody had to of had a speech impediment, and must of been in high standings, for nobody to ever change it.

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The correct pronunciation for "Worcester" is "Woosta". We do not allow the lettea "r" up heah in these pahts. Wicked pissa.

Of course they pronounce the letter "R" up here. They just seem to put in in a different place. My daughter (named Elaina) always complains because the teachers call her "Elainer". I've also met a Dianer (Diana). They also drink something called a soder.

Worcester Ma., .
They said get off the turnpike and head torwards Wooster, .

Hey Kevin,

Wheh did pahk the cah?

T. Chouman

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Hey Kevin,

Wheh did pahk the cah?

T. Chouman

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In the back of the bah....

o.k. prove what kind of new new englander you are ,red sox or yankee's?for me its the red sox.