Schuylkill

[Sojourner]

At 12:17 PM 6/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>As mentioned, Schuylkill is a river.  Kill is a dutch (I believe) word for 
>river or creek, so in areas originally settled by the Dutch, you'll find 
>waterways ending in -kill.  This was a source of fascination to my eight
>year old mind when I first heard it, full of ominous suggestion.  'Course,
>now I know it's just language....
>
>
>Brian McCary
>

As conservatives everywhere enjoyed, a few months ago PETA asked a NY town
to rename their town to something other than "Fishkill".  Obviously, as we
have just learned, that kill means water/creek etc., so the mayor said "f*ck
off".

Hehehe oh well, this thread is TOTALLY non-TRP.