Talking about New... There's a road in Piscataway, NJ called Old New Brunswick Road. I'm almost certain that there is a corresponding New New Brunswick Road. Guess they just are tired of hunting for new names. :) On Sep 10, 2015 6:38 PM, "Sean Doyle" <sdo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < > s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > > > We, as in Indians, love renaming stuff. Roads, cities, states, and > just > > above everything else that may or may not belong to anyone in particular. > > Cologne is now Koln. How is this any different? > > On Sep 10, 2015 11:26 AM, "Ekta Bahl" <ektab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > No faculty shortage for a "course in corruption" in India. > > > > When I visit Long Island (part of New York State) I'm always amused when I > see the road signs for "New Highway": > > https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+Hwy,+Amityville,+NY+11701/@40.708254,-73.4014755,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e82b3ce1fb74e7:0x114871aa590cfd8c > I don't know the history - but "New Highway" has been around for a while. > > Some times I think - wow - there's no corruption here because no one paid > for the highway to get named after themselves. Other days I think that this > was a mark of 'peak apathy'. But I am amazed that no one has stepped in to > give it a name. > > [Unless - of course - it was named after someone named 'New' :-)] > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/500134/national-law-school-plans-offer.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
