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However, names can become associated with specific places on a national level, where the best-known example is usually the biggest or otherwise the most significant. The name of this comic indicates the contextualization required to specify one of the less-famous exemplars of a given name. Someone might say they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California. | However, names can become associated with specific places on a national level, where the best-known example is usually the biggest or otherwise the most significant. The name of this comic indicates the contextualization required to specify one of the less-famous exemplars of a given name. Someone might say they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California. | ||
− | The title text references {{w|Key, West Virginia}} and {{w|Key West, Virginia}}, two places that, when spoken aloud, are only distinguishable by the pause (comma) location. Neither are to be confused with {{w|Key West|Key West, Florida}}, which is a location well-known nationally. | + | The [[title text]] references {{w|Key, West Virginia}} and {{w|Key West, Virginia}}, two places that, when spoken aloud, are only distinguishable by the pause (comma) location. Neither are to be confused with {{w|Key West|Key West, Florida}}, which is a location well-known nationally. |
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| {{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa, CA}} | | {{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa, CA}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}} | | rowspan="2" | {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}} | ||
− | | rowspan="2" | Mesa, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States. | + | | rowspan="2" | Mesa, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States. The town marked as Mesa, CO on the map is actually Orchard Mesa, CO. The unmarked dot in eastern Colorado is the actual town of Mesa, CO. |
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− | + | | Mesa, CO | |
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| {{w|Miami,_Arizona|Miami, AZ}} | | {{w|Miami,_Arizona|Miami, AZ}} | ||
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::Plymouth | ::Plymouth | ||
:CO [Colorado] | :CO [Colorado] | ||
− | :: [An unlabelled dot, between text for Louisville, CO and Atlanta, NE; | + | :: [An unlabelled dot, between text for Louisville, CO and Atlanta, NE; probably the actual Mesa, CO.] |
::Louisville | ::Louisville | ||
− | ::Mesa | + | ::Mesa [Appears to be the incorrectly-labeled town of Orchard Mesa, CO.] |
:CT [Connecticut] | :CT [Connecticut] | ||
::Salem | ::Salem |