[at-l] Re: Naming Katahdin

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

In the Army, the commanding officer of one company I was in was Forrest M.
Woods. We used to joke that his middle name was probably 'Maple'. And then
there was Sgt. Sergeant (no kidding).

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Neal" <nealb@midlandstech.com>
To: "'Robert Rubin'" <rhymworm@mindspring.com>; "AT-L List (E-mail)"
<at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Re: Naming Katahdin


> So?
>
> Personally I'll call it Mount Katahdin because it sounds "cool" to start
at
> a mountain and end at a mountain.  For everyone else call it what you
want.
> I'm sure that people will know what you are talking about.  And if they
> don't, why bother with them.
>
> As to redundancy: I once knew a guy named, shall we say, Andrew A.
Andrew --
> the family name did not have a final "s" like many such names do.  He
never
> would tell us what the middle intial stood for.  I keep expecting to hear
> that he has gone postal on his family.
>
> William, The Trivia Turtle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Rubin [mailto:rhymworm@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:36 PM
> To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Cc: weathercarrot@hotmail.com
> Subject: [at-l] Re: Naming Katahdin
>
>
> The justification I've heard is that Katahdin means, in the native
> Abenaki language, "greatest mountain" or "principal mountain." So,
> calling it, "Mount Greatest Mountain" is a redundancy.
>
> See also:
>
> http://www.mainepbs.org/hometsom/prog2nmschrt.html
>
> Rhymin' Worm
>
>
> On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 01:00  PM,
> at-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > Message: 26
> > Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 11:45:58 -0400
> > From: "The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [at-l] Naming Katahdin
> > To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > Message-ID: <BAY2-F132pFVjCRGryW00027f69@hotmail.com>
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> >
> > here's a question for ya'll -
> >
> > So I was labeling the final map of the project last night, and it
> > occured to
> > me that there are three different names for the northern terminus of
> > the AT.
> > They are:
> >
> > Baxter Peak
> > Mount Katahdin
> > Katahdin
> >
> > of course, Baxter Peak is is just one of a few peaks that make up
> > katahdin,
> > but i don't want to use both names - just one. The more interesting
> > thing
> > about this is that there has been some debate as to whether Katahdin
> > has a
> > "Mount" in front of it or not. It's on most any map you can find of the
> > region, but I've run into enough people and situations that
> > purposefully
> > leave out the "mount", including the Data Book and the sign at the
> > summit. I
> > have always personally preferred leaving it out as well. I think it
> > just
> > sounds better that way.
> >
> > any thoughts?
> >
> > wc
>
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