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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flag

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Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flag

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Members of Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry country music club narrowly voted to ban the controversial emblem.
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    Wait…. I assumed this was some hick town named after Glasgow, but, you know, in the US. (I just checked there is a Glasgow, Kentucky. Americans are really uncreative when it comes to naming things.)

    Somebody… make it make sense….

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      The em… South will… em… rise again?

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      Americans are really uncreative when it comes to naming things.

      True. A lot of the namers came from other countries and wanted a slice of home.

      That does not excuse the cardinal direction naming of towns. (West town name, North town name, etc.)

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        relevant Mitchell and Webb

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          not as relevant firefly

          Yours made me chuckle… here’s a week attempt to do the same :)

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      There is also a Glasgow in Virginia, a small town. Probably named that because of Scottish immigrants. And it’s the sort of place early country music would have came from.

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