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Does anyone know why "Lookout Mountain" in San Diego was changed to
"Dictionary Hill"?

Is there some kind of retirement community for lexicographers out there
that we need to know about?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20061214-9999-2m14hill.html

--Erin
Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:07 pm

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Does anyone know why "Lookout Mountain" in San Diego was changed to "Dictionary Hill"? Is there some kind of retirement community for lexicographers out there ... 		Erin McKean
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2:09 pm

<<Does anyone know why "Lookout Mountain" in San Diego was changed to "Dictionary Hill"?>> If it had previously been known as "Lookup Mountain" you could...
Orin K. Hargraves
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Send Email 		Dec 15, 2006
2:42 pm

Dear Erin and listers, I found the following explaining the origin of the name change. True Story: The Names Have Been Changed... In 1910, developers bought...
Barnhart
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Send Email 		Dec 15, 2006
2:49 pm

This San Diego Union-Tribune article gives a date: "Dictionary Hill, east of National City, was originally the more difficult to pronounce Encyclopedia Hill....
Dave Wilton
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Ah, the magic of the Internet once again shines through: "Dictionary Hill, east of National City, was originally the more difficult to pronounce Encyclopedia...
Ken Litkowski
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