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[Sue Kamm]

I think it's a rhetorical affectation.  BTW, some states are not states but commonwealths.  IIRC, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are two of them.

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>From: Peter Underwood <Peter.Underwood at uct.ac.za>
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>Subject: [PW] "The Great State of . . ."
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>>From time-to-time one hears of politicians in the United States referring to "The Great State of . . .", (Georgia, for example).  Is this a rhetorical flourish or part of the official name of the jurisdiction?  If the former, at what period did this affectation begin?
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