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Old 09-16-2005, 09:37 AM   #175
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Originally Posted by pio
The more complicated:

Essex ----- ‘es’ (‘to be a’ in Spanish) + ‘s’ (Southern) + ‘ex’ = x (cross)
Actually, it's less complicated than that.

Southern cross = SX which, when said, sounds like Essex.

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