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  • From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] How to judge history, was Obama and religion
  • Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:32:00 -0400

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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