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Originally Posted by amoeba
BulletProof Monk, if you find the naming of College of William and Mary weird, you're going to have to blame the English as the college was founded in 1693 and named after King William and Queen Mary.
I mean there is a Queen Mary University in London right? so why would a University called William and Mary be that weird?
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Originally Posted by Bulletproof Monk
because i would expect such a college to be called 'King William and Queen Mary College', or for them to choose one or the other. i wouldnt expect that just their first names would be used in such a way.
Right, and Georgia should have been named King Georgia, Virginia should have been named Virgin Queen Elizabeth-opia, and Maryland should have been named, well, Maryland.