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    Meet the Ypsilonians

    To the amazement of this blogger, Ripley's Believe It or Not reports that Y is a real French placename.

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    Ripley is right:


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    At last count (1999), Y had 89 inhabitants, who are called Ypsiloniennes (the girls) and Ypsilons (the boys). Although Y is the commune with the shortest name in France, it's not alone in this world — there's a commune with the same name in Alaska.

    Y (English Wikipedia) | Y (French Wikipedia) | HT J-Walk Blog

    Thu 21-Aug-08 | Posted in: Country & Travel
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