The name “Boca Raton,” as in the resort town near Miami, means “Rat’s Mouth” in Spanish.
Did everyone in Florida take French in high school?
Monday, April 21, 2008
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It’s the kind of story that’s too good to spoil with verification--or even attribution: It’s said that an interviewer once asked Mick Jagger what he’d do if the rock ‘n’ roll thing ever fizzled out. “Well,” he supposedly said, “I guess it would be pretty cool to be a travel writer.”
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Yah, but "Bouche Rat" didn't have the same charm.
C'est vrai!
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