Why is Massachusetts called TAXachusetts?
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republican envy of a successfully run state
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The colonists named places after some of their home land cities/regions. New York, New England etc. Not the other way around
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Massachusetts
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Where ever there used to be a glacier, the northeast is a good place.  I live in upstate New York and go to school in Massachusetts and both areas are full of glacial erratics.  Long Island is just one big glacial erratic by itself.  Kinda neat, huh?
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The name comes from the latin "bush's testicles"
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In some jurisdictions, it stands for "A Violation of Probation".  I don't know about Massachusetts.
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In Boston, I really think the Meter maid would throw themselves under your vehicle rather than watch you escape from their clutches.In Taxachusetts,We have a Republican Governor that expo uses tax cuts and a Democratic Mayor that imposes fees and parking and speeding tickets, to make up for the revenue shortfall. Quite a racket,eh?So, what may work in Canada would never fly here,Canuck.
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Harvard in Massachusetts
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Well, we're the Nutmeg state, so Nutmeggers is the most common name I've heard. I've also heard people try and say Connecticutians or some variation on that, but it's pretty rare (aside from being very difficult to say!) Yankees also works, but that's generally used for all norteasterners.
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Religion.  Thanksgiving.  Mayflower Compact.  Massachusetts.  Colony.
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They can get married in Massachusetts. They can have civil unions in Connecticut and Vermont. I'm not sure where else they can marry though.
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It is the nickname of New Hampshire because of the amount of granite in the state.
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Back int he day.. the state used to be divided into two sections;  Rhode Island which is now Aquidneck Island and Providence plantations.. which is the rest of the territory of the state.    I didn't know if you knew that Massachusetts and Maine used to be the same state..
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Rhodes Island's name origin is debatable.  Wikipedia explains it here:\n\n"The state's common name, Rhode Island, actually refers to the largest island in Narragansett Bay, also known as Aquidneck Island, on which the city of Newport is located. The origin of the name is unclear. Some historians think that Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, upon discovering Block Island, just southwest in the Atlantic Ocean, named it Rhode Island because of its similarity in shape to the Greek island of Rhodes. Later settlers, mistaking which island Verrazzano was referring to, gave the name to Aquidneck Island instead. Other historians believe that the name is derived from Roodt Eylandt, old Dutch for "red island," given to the island by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block due to the red clay on the island's shore."\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island\n\nJoining states together is something that has been debated off and on throughout American history.  Basing a decision such as making Connecticut and Rhodes Island one state would have to be one not based on size (Because, contrary to common belief... size does not always matter!), but rather the current governmental, economic and social needs of each state and how combining them together would be beneficial... Not that this has always been what has been done in situtations like this in the past.\n\nI think Rhodes Island does very well on its own and doesn't need to be "swallowed" up by a larger neighbor.\n\nBill
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A proper demonym for Connecticut has been a matter of long-standing debate and deliberation. For decades, the public printer of the U.S. has used Connecticuter in publications created by the Government Printing Office (GPO), but this has been widely ignored and derided outside official government. \n\nMainly we call outselves Yankees or Nutmeggers\nAlso acceptable:\nConnecticotian (Cotton Mather, 1702), Connecticutensian (Samuel Peters, 1781), and Connecticutter (California periodical Land of Sunshine, 1897). After these came Connectican (1942), Connecticutan (1946), Connecticutian (1947), and Connecticutite (1968).
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It's 'Magpie' according to the New Exeter Statue. Not sure about the letters, though. Must be 'magpie' in Middle English.
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John Underwood, Andover, Massachussetts.Hee Hee.I saw it on one of the answers you gave.