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    cassidain is offline
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    Slow News Day Part III

    Without using The Google, who knows what the French call the neighboring island St Kitts ?
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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Pick me, pick me! {waving hand}

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinS View Post
    Pick me, pick me! {waving hand}
    Kevin, vas-y
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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    considering the real name of St Kitts is St Christopher, that should give you a clue...

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    A harder one would be the French name for Statia.

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinS View Post
    A harder one would be the French name for Statia.
    St Eustatius (not french , but dutch…..)

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Quote Originally Posted by elgreaux View Post
    considering the real name of St Kitts is St Christopher, that should give you a clue...
    I was reading this https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/b.../1044150ar.pdf earlier and it kept referring to the island of Saint-Christophe, where in the XVII century, the French colonists from Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy were up-rooted and sent to co-exist alongside some recently displaced English colonists.
    Let's just say it didn't go well, and the aforementioned French colonists ended up back on their home islands after a few years. Did I mention that before les Saint-Barths were allowed to rejoin their island, their seigneurs had sent the Irish colonists on Saint-Christophe to Saint-Barth to take the French colonists place ?!

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Quote Originally Posted by 23palm View Post
    St Eustatius (not french , but dutch…..)
    St Eustasius is indeed the Dutch name. There is also a French name.

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    Re: Slow News Day Part III

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinS View Post
    St Eustasius is indeed the Dutch name. There is also a French name.
    Saint-Eustache ... for the French...

    and as for St Kitts the locals here call it just that, but no s... so more like St Keet.. in spite of the actual name of St Christopher/St Christophe...

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