[Homestead] How to judge history, was Obama and religion
paxamicus at earthlink.net
paxamicus at earthlink.net
Thu May 1 11:32:00 EDT 2008
The first time I went to Montpelier, James Madison's home here in
Virginia, I got a pronunciation lesson. ; )
Locals call it Mont-peel-yer. I did not. I quickly changed my tune. : )
On May 1, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>>
> Which has little to do with place names. Notice the area covered by
> the
> Louisiana Purchase (1803). You find many of the people there called
> Sioux (but
> pronounced Soo), and Nez Perce. You find Illinois, Arkansas, and
> Missouri, all
> French spellings. Any bit of Indian culture not described by a word
> in the
> native language was invariably French (such as 'travois'). Ft.
> Laramie was La
> Ramee, the river is the Platte (French for 'shallow'), and even the
> word
> "prarie" is French. Need I even review what the mountain range
> called "Les Trois
> Tetons" means?
>
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