Just hit the 199 country mark this week with the some unknown reader visiting the blog site from Marshall Islands. The world map here shows where all the readers to my blog come from. Notable exceptions include Turkmenistan and a few African countries.
Thanks to Larry Mason for helping me with the WordPress editor when I was stuck.
It was cold and the winds were not helping. Sharmila and I had walked to the nearby salad place for lunch and were walking back. To avoid the wind, we took Alpha Loop since the trees would protect from the wind. Just as we took a turn up the steps to our house, found this friend sitting in the sun and enjoying it!
There are two country capitals that I am aware of that have an apostrophe in them. One of them is St. George’s – the capital of Grenada. There are other capitals that have the quote mark – like Sa’ana or N’djamena or Nuku’alofa – but that is because there is a special way of pronouncing them locally. Why the posessive noun?
Finally, I have found the answer!
Turns out Grenada has seven parishes – St. Andrew, St. John, St. George, etc… In the early days, there would always be one important city – usually a port – in the parish where most business would be conducted. That city, usually, would be referred to as the “city of that particular parish”… in other words… St. George’s, St. John’s, or St. Andrew’s. Each parish in Grenada follows that rule.
Checked out Antigua and Barbuda. Sure enough… There is the St. John parish, which has the capital, called St. John’s!
