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05-05-2010, 07:05 PM
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The City of Washington is located within (situates and occupies) the District of Columbia hence the term Washington, D.C.
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I am officially in favor of DC becoming its own state. Why? There can't be two states named Washington, so they'll have to stop using it and people will stop confusing us (the state) with DC (land of politics). No other state has to say state as a qualifier... when you hear or Oklahoma State or Pennsylvania State you think college, not the actual state. I would be perfectly happy to not say Washington State anymore... which is why so many people use Seattle, northwest, or Pacific Northwest instead of saying Washington.
/naming tirade
Side note, I didn't know the differentiation between city & district- makes sense but hadn't heard that before. Thanks!
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05-05-2010, 07:51 PM
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Is the city of Washington the only city in the 'District of Columbia?' And if it is, why would you want to make it a state?
It probably has been discussed here anyways, and I don't really follow the politics about it, but I've always heard that the District of Columbia could never be a state. *shrugs*
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05-05-2010, 08:46 PM
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Is the city of Washington the only city in the 'District of Columbia?' And if it is, why would you want to make it a state?
It probably has been discussed here anyways, and I don't really follow the politics about it, but I've always heard that the District of Columbia could never be a state. *shrugs*
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Yes it is, and I don't know why anyone would want to make what is only a city an actual state (Other than for representation).
I had learned myself that the founders wanted the capital to be free of state control, hence the departure from NYC and the creation of D.C.
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05-05-2010, 09:03 PM
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More of the white anglo part than the outsider.
Usually when someone says 'gringo' they mean it in a more derogatory way. And we use it for people who *usually* are non-Spanish speaking white people.
A more affectionate term that could be used is 'guero' which doesn't always necessarily mean "blonde."
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Gabacha and gabacho are the two I find highly amusing. Doesn't offend me when someone says it, as they usually don't realize I know what they're saying.
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05-05-2010, 11:42 PM
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Gabacha and gabacho are the two I find highly amusing. Doesn't offend me when someone says it, as they usually don't realize I know what they're saying.
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Care to enlighten me? Lol. I've NEVER heard those words.
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05-06-2010, 01:20 AM
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Care to enlighten me? Lol. I've NEVER heard those words.
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Girl, you need to http://www.askamexican.net/ or at least go through his archives.
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05-06-2010, 05:19 AM
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Care to enlighten me? Lol. I've NEVER heard those words.
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How did you miss the movie "Stand and Deliver"? Edward James Olmos & Lou Diamond Phillips - it's a classic. That's the word they use in that movie when they are talking about some Latina girl who thinks she's all that because she's dating a white boy.
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05-06-2010, 08:57 AM
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This, I'm afraid. 
PIKA2001 and RU OX Alum are right -- originally Maryland and Virginia ceeded land to the federal government for the district. The district was square -- 10 miles on each side -- and included Washington (once it was built), Georgetown and Alexandria. The part north and east of the Potomac not in a city was called Washington County, and the part south and west of the Potomac was called Alexandria County (and included Arlington and other communities). Congress returned Alexandria and Alexandria County, which by law could not include any federal offices, to Virginia in 1846. In 1871, Congress revoked the individual charters for Washington, Georgetown and Washington County and made the district and the City of Washington coterminous.
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Is the city of Washington the only city in the 'District of Columbia?' And if it is, why would you want to make it a state?
It probably has been discussed here anyways, and I don't really follow the politics about it, but I've always heard that the District of Columbia could never be a state. *shrugs*
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05-06-2010, 12:42 PM
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LOL. You are such a dork.
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05-06-2010, 12:51 PM
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This, I'm afraid.
PIKA2001 and RU OX Alum are right -- originally Maryland and Virginia ceeded land to the federal government for the district. The district was square -- 10 miles on each side -- and included Washington (once it was built), Georgetown and Alexandria. The part north and east of the Potomac not in a city was called Washington County, and the part south and west of the Potomac was called Alexandria County (and included Arlington and other communities). Congress returned Alexandria and Alexandria County, which by law could not include any federal offices, to Virginia in 1846. In 1871, Congress revoked the individual charters for Washington, Georgetown and Washington County and made the district and the City of Washington coterminous.
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Why was it returned in 1846?
ETA: I found this: http://wapedia.mobi/en/Alexandria,_Virginia
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05-06-2010, 12:58 PM
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Why was it returned in 1846? They didn't teach us for sh*t.
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Because Virginia wanted their land back.
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05-06-2010, 02:47 PM
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LOL. You are such a dork.
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You're just figuring this out? 
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