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The problem with Three Forks, MT
Author: cow poke
Date: 06-29-2022 - 15:22

If you have one river, there is no fork.
If two rivers come together that is one fork.
If three rivers come together, that is two forks.

But when three rivers join in Montana, they say it has three forks. Thus the name, Three Forks, Montana. Huh?

Is this a case where the English language can mean two things at once? Have you noticed that when a draw bridge is "open" it is also "closed". What a conundrum that has the potential to put a train into the drink. So perhaps three forks can also mean two forks.

BN 1743 Three Forks MT, April 14, 1984. (On the NP Butte Line).

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