Comments on: Roving Update

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:33:05 +0000

It’s interesting if one looks at the meanings of these words. Los Angeles, of course is the City of Angels (although you’d be hard-pressed to find one save at a sound stage somewhere hanging by wires), and Las Vegas, which means fertile valleys. Can anyone tell me where the fertile valleys are in Nevada, which is surrounded by desert? Both names are ironic.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 03:26:36 +0000

You are so close to living in Cali! Woohoo!!! Your birthday is right before my vacation, so I will not be in the state to welcome you. Don’t cry – it’ll be ok. Maybe I will call you in Vegas and make sure you are behaving yourself. And maybe you will screen my call…
Anyway, I’d say if Monday it’s still bad then you might want to visit the doctor. I hope you’re feeling better. Happy early birthday, mr. walking science lab.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:24:28 +0000

IDIOTS! The “las” In Las Vegas stands for “Like Andrea Said” because Andrea Dworkin built that city on ROCK AND ROLL – not that you digusting jazz-freaks would know anything about that. Los Angeles is so called because it was lost for a long time, and everyone had to go to Frisco instead – the city by the bay, the city that never sleeps. Why I constantly drop into this blog to tell you people poop from pistachio I´ll never know.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:44:09 +0000

Way to figure out the mystery, Shaggy!

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:37:14 +0000

Well, obviously, I guessed it was a masculine/feminine thing in my post, so I had an *inkling*, but no, I was’t sure.

By: Abe

Abe — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:00:34 +0000

Spellings:
As far as I know, and I’m no expert, it is indeed a feminine / masculine thing. Angeles or Angle is masculine (ends in “e”), while Vegas or Vega is feminine (ends in “a”). Therefore the article preceding it matches the sex (“los” is masculine and “las” is feminine BTW). Why? I don’t know, that’s just the rule. Personally I think it has to do with the poetry of it all; it sounds nicer and rolls off the tongue better.
Somehow I think you already knew this Mr. English guy. Nice way to troll for comments. Of course, everyone likes a chance at sounding intelligent … so never mind.