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Sep 18
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#355 US State Name Stories – Southeast

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
About this episode

Are you ready for a trip through the United States?
Pack your bags — because today we're starting a special journey!

In this first episode, we'll travel to the Southeast: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Next time, we'll continue our trip to the Northeast, then to the Midwest, and finally we'll finish in the West and Southwest.

Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/the-weird-wonderful-origins-of-us-state-names-southeast

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