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re: Little known facts about Baton Rouge
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:44 pm to Tigerpaw123
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:44 pm to Tigerpaw123
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The St. In front of all the streets in down town is not short for Saint
It stands for Santo.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:46 pm to Traffic Circle
I thought it was short for ShiT
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:46 pm to Traffic Circle
Someone is dealing drugs on a street named after a president right now.
Posted on 8/2/14 at 9:49 pm to Traffic Circle
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It stands for Santo.
Actually it stands for street, seems when all the streets were laid out they were done in French and it was rue Joseph, rue Ferdinand, etc, when they went to translate they did the literal translation which would be street Joseph , street Ferdinand, and abbreviated with ST. Since then it has just been assumed it was suppose to be saint and it has stuck
This post was edited on 8/2/14 at 9:50 pm
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