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Originally Posted by ciudad_del_norte
Not a huge fan of those either, but I think I give them at least a partial pass because the associations with the old world feels relatively more present there. Same reason Victoria isn't as bad in my mind. But yeah, ideally I think they could all be better named.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is probably my favourite.
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A bit of trivia - an interview in 1969 with Joni Mitchell.
How often do you get the business about Saskatoon?
JM: Oh, people ask me about it. I guess people are kind of curious about it, having heard it mentioned in a Bing Crosby movie once.
SW: Which one?
JM:
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Did you ever see that?
SW: No.
JM: Well, you know the story about a Connecticut Yankee goes back in time to the time of King Arthur's Court and everything, and Merlin gets really jealous of him because of all his 20th century magical powers. And so he's about to be hung and he knows though that particular day there's going to be an eclipse of the sun so he's trying one last trick, and he's standing up there and they're about to put the rope around his neck and he's waiting for the eclipse of the sun and he's murmuring all these magical words and he went "Bibbipty Bobbipty Boo, Kalamazoo,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan" and put us on the map!
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Source:
http://jonimitchell.com/library/print.cfm?id=2696
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