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08-18-2006, 10:53 AM

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Spexxvet

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Originally Posted by wolf

...And then we have Bala Cynwyd. That's the fault of the Welsh. I love hearing people who aren't from here try to pronounce that one. And Bryn Mawr. And Bryn Athyn, and Gwynedd.

Is it true that the "man in charge" of building the main line railroad was Welsh, and named the stations, and the towns took the station names as the town names?

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