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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:

> RrOn Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30:02 -0400, William Hyde
> <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Many people from Ontario spend winter or part of winter in Florida.  So 
>>there's plenty of opportunity for cross-contamination.
>
> Could be worse - some 30-40 years ago they ran a tourist promotion
> inviting people to Ontari-air-io.
>
I recall a ditty that ended:

   "A place to stand, a place to grow...
    Ontari-airi-airi-o"

back about 1968 or so; it's been stuck in my head for 56 years!

> One wonders how many Americans were confused.
>
> Mind you I've met a few Americans thinking British Columbia was in
> Central America...and that we spoke Spanish. Uh no.