Re: HGTV Dream House Giveaway


"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send" <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Bambi C. wrote:
>> Totally off topic ...
>> Why do people say "on Guam"? I've heard this before. I can't think of
>> any other country where when you're there, you're "on" instead of "in".
>
> Because you're either "on island" or "off island" -- Guam is only 35 miles
> long, 10 miles wide at its widest point, and about 4 miles across in the
> middle at its narrowest point, and it's sort of too little to be "in."
>

That's silly. Nantucket, MA, is a mere 2.5 sq m in size, and we've never
said we were "on" Nantucket when we vacationed there. Or is this something
just the natives say?

Liz


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