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I focused on towns named Welcome<\/a> in a recent article here on Twelve Mile Circle, with specific attention to a sign outside of one in particular<\/a> located in North Carolina: Welcome to Welcome<\/em>. I wondered if other towns could cobble together similar symmetries at their city limits. All I could envision at the time was the possibility of an Amble to Amble, Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I offered readers an opportunity to add to my tiny the list. I didn’t have any takers, and I think I’ve figured out the reason. It’s really difficult. Seriously. It’s a total pain. Nonetheless I challenged myself and I found a few more. Local Chambers of Commerce should feel welcome to adopt any of these if so inclined. I claim no ownership or trademark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about Fly to Fly, Ohio<\/a> or Ferry to Ferry, Michigan<\/a>? Those would be great but Fly doesn’t appear have an airport and Ferry is a good twenty miles from the nearest body of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portal to Portal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Portal is a different story. There are a couple of great Portals so anyone can to take the portal to Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portal, North Dakota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The portal into the town of Portal in North Dakota (map<\/a>) is North Portal, Saskatchewan, Canada. It really is a portal, and it’s one of the few 24 hour per day international crossings along this stretch of the border. I found references to an international golf course there — supposedly the ninth hole crossed the border into Canada — but I couldn’t see it in the satellite photo. Is it possible that this anomaly is another victim of 9-11?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also enjoyed the Portal in Georgia<\/a>. It’s another instance of an unusual circular towns one sometimes finds scattered down there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fry in Fry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I began to look for other prepositions having exhausted the blank to<\/em> blank construct. Is preposition the correct description? I mean words like in, beside, into, within, among and the like. Someone call the grammar police and interpret the rule for me, please. I was always terrible at grammar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know it’s supposed to be windy in Chicago, but is it Windy in Windy, Kentucky<\/a>? If you were shy and lacked confidence, would you Blossom in Blossom, Texas<\/a>? Should you be good in Good, West Virginia<\/a>? And will you find Bliss in Bliss, Idaho<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n