From my 2800 mile trek.
Can anyone explain the naming of D'Lo, Mississippi?
Not far from D'Lo was a similar sign for Oddi. ?ÿThe only thing Google can provide involves internal bodily processes.
Why does "the Swedish Nightingale", Miss Jenny Lind, have a namesake town and namesake streets in Arkansas.
How does one properly pronounce Oauchita?
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I think D'Lo was first named "Damned Low" referring to it's elevation.?ÿ The US Post Office refused to register the first name...as the story goes.
Oauchita is pronounced "wash-it-aw"...around here anyway.
And as for the "Swedish Nightingale"... I have no earthly idee.?ÿ R-Kansas is a funny place.?ÿ Most of the section lines don't even follow the roads..
That sounds like a local intersection called "Frog Level" and the name of the finest 18ft aluminum canoe I had the time of my life piloting for 8yrs.
How does one properly pronounce Oauchita?
I don't know but that reminds me of Champoeg (Oregon), which is pronounced shampoo-ee.
Pronouncing almost anything here in Texas is a guessing game. A few examples:
Boerne = Burn-knee
Manchaca = Man-shack
Gruene = Green
Bexar = Bare or Bear
Pronouncing almost anything here in Texas is a guessing game. A few examples:
Boerne = Burn-knee
Manchaca = Man-shack
Gruene = Green
Bexar = Bare or Bear
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Next test: ?ÿPedernales ?ÿ ?ÿ ??ÿ
Would that be Pur-duh-nal-iss?
I can't move because I finally learned how to pronounce this local watercourse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conococheague_Creek
FYI:?ÿ kon - ick - a- jig
Lake Char??gogg??a??gogg??man??chaugg??a??gogg??chau??bun??a??gung??a??maugg
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AKA Lake Webster here in Mass.
I asked for directions to Lake Char??gogg??a??gogg??man??chaugg??a??gogg??chau??bun??a??gung??a??maugg once, but halfway through the question someone started giving me the Heimlich Procedure.?ÿ
