
Mom told me she got to see parts of NY that she had never seen before, like the west side bike path all the way to the bridge and all the hills that are in upper Manhattan. Which brings up the point that Frank was trying to make, Where did Manhattan get it's name? I did some research to find out, "William Wallace Tooker seems to have done the most thorough research around 1900. He determined that Manahttan probably derives from the Delaware Indian word mannah "island" and the northern Algonquian suffix meaning "hills": hatin, making Manhattan a "hilly island"." So not only did mom bike the farthest she ever has, but she learned something too.
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Hey Babe,
I'm so glad to hear that I wasn't talking out of my ass about the Manhatten thing! I was getting a little worried that I had totally screwed that up.
Frank
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