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Originally posted by leagleaze
Unless they passed a law recently to change it, it is just Bronx. And yes, it is a borough. Since Bronx sounds funny people say The Bronx, much as we don't call Harrisburg The Harrisburg but we do call it The Burg.
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Now that Google has thoroughly confused me on the matter, go to this website for more info --
http://www.ilovethebronx.com/ (if you click on the "map" link, it has a little historical description). They call him Swedish, despite the description at the Albany museum of those Broncks as Dutch. It is a borrough, not a town, but the folks in Albany (Greene County, actually) told me something about it being the only US place that goes by "The"... and the description on the map page of The Bronx website seems to bear that out.
If any of you want more info on the Albany (Greene County) Broncks, it is here -
http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/stories/0925961.htm
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