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Triasha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I assume Houston Street is named after a man that pronounced his name House-ton. Houston the city was named for Sam Houston, the first President of the Republic of Texas. He pronounced it Hews-ton, so that’s what we call it.

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