# origins of cakalacky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-cakalacky/43462>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-cakalacky/43462 "2000-11-30T23:09:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-cakalacky/43462/1 "2000-11-30T23:09:59Z")

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What is the origin of the phrase cakalacky (I’m really guessing on the spelling here) instead of Carolina, as in “North Cakalacky” and South Cakalacky?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-cakalacky/43462/2 "2000-12-01T00:13:05Z")

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Let’s see what the friendly people over in General Questions have to say about this one.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-cakalacky/43462/3 "2000-12-01T02:41:50Z")

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Let’s see what the friendly people over here have **already** said about it. (No definitive answers, though). [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43881](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43881)