Talk:Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

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Advertisement[edit]

I changed the article a bit so it is not written like an advertisement.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{2}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{2}}}|contribs]]) 19:53, 24 June 2007\ 71.166.45.37

It still reads like a Chamber of Commerce puff piece. Rehoboth is a lovely town, but this is still an advertisement. 65.190.82.130 (talk) 03:53, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An advertisement that inexplicably fails to mention the most important part of town: Funland. - Frankie1969 (talk) 16:08, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia section[edit]

Can anybody find good references to cite for any of the items in the Trivia section? Also, the Trivia items need to be included in an encylopedic fashion--not a simple list. I could not find any reliable references to include, and am not sure what a sensible way to include them would be. I think the trivia listed is interesting, but not sure it should remain. Spanky dreamr (talk) 21:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Government[edit]

This article should have a Government section. Rehoboth Beach seems to have a mayor and a city commission. —KCinDC (talk) 03:58, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

"Human beings probably inhabited the area of Rehoboth Beach as long ago as 10,000 BC; little is known about them because much of the evidence of their existence has been destroyed by development." Are you kidding?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.205.162 (talk) 14:42, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this statement on 10/8/18, because it is speculating history, rather than providing concrete, backed up historical information. It appears that the statement was previously removed in 2010, and then re-added into the history section. There is not an indication as to who put this information back into this entry between March 2010 and October 2018. -PriscillaM30!

IPA Pronounciation[edit]

Would anyone be able to add a pronunciation for this town in IPA? (See the Lewes, Delaware page.) tsjackso (talk) 17:49, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rehoboth Beach vs. city of[edit]

Rehoboth Beach and the City of Rehoboth beach appear to be two different things (the latter nested within the former) and it would be good if this article could clarify the distinction somehow, in terms of boundaries, government, etc. 160.111.254.17 (talk) 13:45, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure there is only the "City of Rehoboth Beach."164.82.32.13 (talk) 00:31, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My mailing address is Rehoboth Beach, even though my property is not within the city limits. I've added a single sentence that I hope will be acceptable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 14:00, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This references includes a list and map of Delaware zip codes: https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/de — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there another source for this? Thanks! –Daybeers (talk) 15:43, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The US Post office (link above) isn't good enough? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 16:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just not sure what it proves. –Daybeers (talk) 16:17, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dukes of York[edit]

The land later came under the control of the Duke of York, who granted it to various landholders in the 18th century.

Um, when? New York is named for that Duke of York who had the title between 1633 and 1685; could he be meant here? The title existed for only about a third of the 18th century; none of the three holders, so far as I can tell from their articles, had any interest in the New World. —Tamfang (talk) 03:29, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Rehoboth Beach-Etymology[edit]

NO ONE has apparently thought of or suggested investigating the origin of the name of this city. Well, it is an ancient (Biblically-inspired) word-for, the word is a Hebrew word which, in modern-day Hebrew translates into: streets (in the plural) [re'kho'vot/רחובות] & is also the name of a town in modern-day Israel.

One of the forms of this Hebrew word is mentioned in the old testament, evident in the name: Ra'hav (which is also the adjectival word meaning: wide in Hebrew) or, as some pronunciations may have it: Ra'khab (which, unlike in Hebrew's word version where the stress falls on the 2nd syllable, in Arabic, the stress falls on the first syllable) referring to the character of the Canaanite prostitute who has welcomed, hosted & hidden in her home the two Israelite reconnaissance spies in the Book of Joshua. Rakhab's name in Arabic also means: wide & spacious but, unlike in Hebrew, it primarily means: to welcome. The connection between the 2 concepts (in said languages' word meaning difference-respectively) can & is probably attributed to hosting people (welcoming them into one;s home) & thereby, like an inn/motel or modern-day hotel, increasing the population of a place, creating the early versions of human traffic-& hence..., streets! :)

AK63 (talk) 18:09, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The source and explanation of the name are in the article. You must have missed it.

Mr.Slade (talk) 19:43, 17 December 2020 (UTC)Mr.Slade[reply]