Melbournites (and Opa Loka)

[Troy Harris]

On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Assassin_Soniqu=E9?= wrote:

> On  7 Jun 96 cjohnson wrote about Re[2]: Melbournites (and Opa Loka):
>
> > >But Melbourne, FL doesn't have Gum Trees!
> >
> >        But we do have plenty of *palm* trees, right on a (small) bay...
>
> And the sun's probably shining at the moment too :(
>
> >        Every once in a while I hear about some "sister city" event that
> >        involves both Melbourne FL and Melbourne Oz.  Apparently someone
> >        else has already noticed the similarity in names...  :-)
>
> Well, I've heard of Melbourne FL. When I was in the states three
> years ago, I was asked if I was from England. When I said Melbourne,
> this guy said "strange accent for someone from Florida" ... and he
> was *serious*!!! In any case, 'sister cities' seem to be all the rag
> ethese days. Melbourne FL may think they are our sister city, but
> it's actually Osaka, Japan!
>
> Sonique
>
  I thought it was Boston, Mass. US of A.
    Troy