"Tian" <tnharter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dave Adalian wrote:
>> "Lloyd Gilbert"
>> <afda.invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:13:03 -0700, Tian <tnharter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Earlier today I heard somebody on the radio say "Los Angeles County
>>>> is bigger than 42 of the States in the USA."
>>> Is what they say accurate? I presume they're not talking geographic
>>> area?
>>>
>>
>> The speaker must have meant population. Tulare County, where I live,
>> Kern County, San Bernadino County, Inyo County and Riverside County are
>> all far larger than L.A. County. Either that or he was just full of
it.
>>
>
> You know how many States are smaller geographically than your County?
> I'm sure at least Delaware, Rhode Island, and Hawaii are...
I know it's bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island. Hawai'i, I'm not sure
about.
> BTW: My dictionary has the city of Tulare, but not the County of Tulare
in
> it.
I'm fairly sure it exists anyway.
-- Dave
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