Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| ALABAMA | A Large Aeronautics, Based At Madison Area |
Jan Morgan - Madison County, Alabama, is where Huntsville is located and Huntsville has an aeronautics space camp for kids. |
| ALABAMA (2) | Americas Largest Active Battleship Alabama, Mobile Area |
Jan Morgan - Can Be toured here it saw action in WWII and was the largest ever built Military Transport |
| ALASKA | A Lotta Arctic Snow - Keep Away! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ALASKA (2) | Arctic Lair Afforded Seals; Kodiaks Also |
Patricia Rix |
| ALASKA (3) | Audacious Lawlessness Allowed Spurious Klondike Acquisitions |
Roger Williams History |
| ALASKA (4) | A Large Arctic Sledding, Klondike Area |
Jan Morgan |
| ARIZONA | Arid Region Is Zone Of Natural Attraction |
Jan Morgan - Natural attraction the Grand Canyon |
| ARIZONA (2) | Arduous Respiration In Zone Of Ninetynine.nine% Aridity |
Tony |
| ARKANSAS | A Rice Kingdom, And Natural Springs As Spas |
Jan Morgan - state has hot spring resorts and is a leading rice producer |
| CALIFORNIA | Climate Always Lovely, Is Fruitful Of Rising Newcomers In Arts |
Jan Morgan |
| COLORADO | Centennial Ordination, Land Of Rockies A Dimmers Observance |
Jan Morgan - became state 100 years after signing of declaration Mile High City - dims the lights |
| CONNECTICUT | Constitutional Order Naturally Needed, Embraces Colony To Initiate Creed Used Today |
Jan Morgan - first state to use laws |
| DELAWARE | Dutch Explored, Leading Attempts, Wildlife And Refuge Extensive |
Jan Morgan - leading Attempts = Dupont Products and several wildlife & refuge places |
| FA (2) | Frolicking Americans |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the abbreviation for Florida. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| FLORIDA | Feel Like Okefenokee Ramble's Innocuous, Despite Alligators? |
Patricia Rix |
| FLORIDA (2) | Famous Location Of Republicans' Illegal Democracy-Avoidance |
Chris Kjelgaard Politics |
| FLORIDA (3) | Fresh Lovely Oranges, Rides In Disney Area |
Jan Morgan |
| FLORIDA (4) | Fun-Lovers Often Revel In Disney Attractions |
Tony |
| GEORGIA (2) | Gin Eli Original, Rural Gifts In Area |
Jan Morgan - Cotton gin was invented by eli whitney, Gifts = crops of cotton for clothes etc and peanuts for peanut butter etc. |
| HAWAII | Hosting Amorous Weekends At Island Inns |
Rico Leffanta |
| HAWAII (2) | Happiness Around Wonderful And Irresistable Islands |
Jan Morgan and Kayana Morgan |
| HAWAII (3) | Hulagirls And Wave-Action - Idyllic Islands |
Tony |
| HOLLAND | Hordes Of Low-Landers All Need Dykes |
Angela Brett |
| IDAHO | Its Diversity Actually Has Options |
Jan Morgan |
| ILLINOIS | It's Lincolns Land, It's Nature's Option In Soybeans |
Jan Morgan - More soybeans are grown Here |
| INDIANA | Indians Nation, Drivers Indy Annual National Adventure |
Jan Morgan (nation - land) and the indy 500 |
| IOWA | It's Out West America |
Angela Brett |
| IOWA (2) | Idiots On Weird Arable |
wishes |
| IOWA (3) | Individuals Offered Wool, Amanas |
Jan Morgan - German religious Colony (amanas) offered woolens, wine, furniture and baked goods |
| KANSAS | Key Area Noted, Successful Aircraft Source |
Jan Morgan - center of U.S. Leading State To Manufacture Aircraft |
| KENTUCKY | Key Event Needs Track, Usually Counts Kilometers - Yards |
Jan Morgan - Races - the kentucky derby |
| KERRY | Kingdom Endures Regular Rainfall Yearly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (County Kerry in Ireland is known as 'The Kingdom' and is in the wettest region in the country) |
| LOUISIANA | Long's Organization Used Impropriety, Shadiness In Administering Nefarious Activities. |
Roger Williams -- Refers to Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana from 1928 until his assassination in 1932. History |
| LOUISIANA (2) | Lasalle's Origins Used, Is Saved In Area, Native Arcadian |
Jan Morgan - Lasalle Originally Claimed it for France so the origins are of French culture - Arcadians was shortened to cajun these people came fron acadia in Nova Scotia |
| MAINE | Marginal Area Is North Eastern |
Jan Morgan |
| MAINE (2) | Mariners Abound In New England |
Tony |
| MANITOBA | MŽtis And Natives Investigated This Outstandingly Beautiful Area |
Patricia Rix (MŽtis is anyone of mixed French and Indian heritage, specifically in the Province of Manitoba. This is not a pejorative: the MŽtis have always considered themselves a nation within the nation, as the First Nations do.) |
| MARYLAND | Mid Atlantic Region Yields Large Academy, Naval Domain |
Jan Morgan - the Naval Academy |
| MASSACHUSETTS | Mayflower's Arrival Site, School At Cambridge, Harvard University. State Established Textiles, Tourist Sites |
Jan Morgan |
| MASSACHUSSETTS | Manifestly, A Sea Side Area Can Have Unexplored Sunken Ships, Exciting To Treasure Seekers |
Patricia Rix, saying: I don't know if there are wrecks off the coast of Massachussetts, but it seems logical |
| MICHIGAN | Maybe I Could Have It Good Around Newberry |
Angela Brett |
| MICHIGAN (2) | Motor Industry, Cherries Harvested Is Great Agricultural Need |
Jan Morgan |
| MINNESOTA | Manufacturing Industry Necessary, National Eagle Sightings, Ore, Timber Advantages |
Jan Morgan |
| MISSISSIPPI | Memories In Segration, Slavery In Southern State Is Paradisical Plantation Illusions |
Jan Morgan - Plantation owners were in paradise while the slaves were not |
| MISSOURI | Mark Is Seasoned Storyteller Of Unusual Rhetoric Idealogy |
Jan Morgan - Mark Twain |
| MONTANA | Mountains Occupy, Northern Treasures At Natural Advantages |
Jan Morgan - Rockies - Land rich in Natural Minerals - yellowstone sapphire, gold, silver, copper and coal |
| NEBRASKA | Negotiates Every Best Resource Advantage, Seems Keenly Agricultural |
Jan Morgan - Farming State |
| NEVADA | Nightly Entertainment Venues Are Dating Attractions |
Jan Morgan |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | North Eastern World Has Abnaki Memories, Potatoes Started Here In Region, Embarked |
Jan Morgan - Abnaki indians Potatoes started(embarked) here |
| NEW JERSEY | North Eastern World, Justifying Einstein's Research, Studied Energy, Yesterday |
Jan Morgan |
| NEW JERSEY (2) | Now Edison Wattage Juices Energy Research Saves Electricity Yesterday |
Jan Morgan |
| NEW MEXICO | Not East's World, Magically Enchanting, Xrayed In Colorful Originality |
Jan Morgan - known as the land of enchantment and color |
| NEW YORK | Niagara's Enchants Wedded, Your Orchestra Reaches Kudos |
Jan Morgan - New York philharmonic |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Nervous Orville Recorded True History Crafted Airplane Riding Over Land In Noble Achievement |
Jan Morgan - the Wright brothers |
| NORTH DAKOTA | Nature's Oddest Region, Temperatures Harsh, Drastic, A Kaleidoscopic Original Twisted Area |
Jan Morgan - Rocks are twisted & Colorful (kaleidoscopic) |
| OHIO | Occupations Have Industry Opportunities |
Jan Morgan |
| OKLAHOMA | Of Knowledge, Learn An Honest Occupation, Make Available |
Jan Morgan |
| ONTARIO | Our Northern Trees Appear Reddish In October |
Patricia Rix |
| OREGON | Original Route Engaged, Greatly Opened Nation |
Jan Morgan - Oregon Trail was an important route to settlers |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Penned Enterprising Necessities, Noteworthy State, Yankees Liberty Victorious, A Nation's Independence Awarded |
Jan Morgan - this is where the declaration of independence was penned |
| RHODE ISLAND | Roger's Home Of Distinction Established Individual State, Little Area, Newport's Domain |
Jan Morgan - Roger Williams Established Rhode Island |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Shape Odd, Uniquely Triangular, Has Charleston Area Restored, Originally Lead In Nation's Altercation |
Jan Morgan (civil War) |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | Some Of Us Think, "How Did Arrivals Keep Overcoming This Area?" |
Roger Williams |
| SOUTH DAKOTA (2) | Sculptures Of Upright Trusted Humans, Deeply Admired, Kept Our Territories Agenda |
Jan Morgan - Mount Rushmore |
| TICINO | The Italian Canton... If Not Orally |
Angela Brett (while Italian is the official language of Ticino and is used for written communication, a lot of people there speak Ticinese) |
| TEXAS (2) | They Enthuse Xaggeratingly About Size! |
Tony |
| TENNESSEE | Tourist Encounters National Notorieties, Elvis' Songs, Sights Engaged Embattlements |
Jan Morgan - Civil War Conflicts |
| UTAH | Unlikely To Absorb Hawaii |
Angela Brett |
| UTAH (2) | Utopia To All Here |
Jan Morgan |
| UTAH (3) | Unusual Terrain At Home |
Jan Morgan |
| VERMONT | Very Enchanting Rich Mountains Observed Natural Treat |
Jan Morgan - Green Mountains/ Beautiful Foliage/ Maple Syrup |
| VIRGINIA (2) | Views In Region Greatly Involve National Interesting Attractions |
Jan Morgan |
| WASHINGTON | Western Area State Has Important, Necessary Great Trees, Olympic Nationals |
Jan Morgan - Olympic Nationals Park |
| WASHINGTON (2) | Wheat, Apples, Sprout Here, Irrigation Needed Greatly Targets Objective - Nature |
Jan Morgan |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Was Enroute Southeast To Virginia, In Regional Geographical Incentive, Now In Alleghenies |
Jan Morgan (the state includes Allegheny Plateau) |
| WISCONSIN | Water Is Surrounding, Center Of Northern States In Nation |
Jan Morgan |
| WYOMING (2) | Where Your Open Miles Is Never Greater |
Jan Morgan |