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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?