Old Disney World - One Last Ride
This past fall I decided to take a small trip back to Disney World. There were reports that large portions of the parks were going to be tor...
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I’ve been receiving junk mail from AT&T advertising that fiber internet is now being offered at my address. When I check their website, ... -
Some coworkers and I were talking about that lady in Arkansas that just delivered her 17th child. The Associated Press announced the good ne...
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A friend in Scotland and my aunt in Ireland posted some pictures of the northern lights on their facebook accounts while I was at work. That...
2 comments:
I think you have lost weight.
Interesting, and surprising. Pronouncing Des Moines like the French, but Des Plains and Versailles straightforwardly like English words.
There is a place in America called Hauppauge, variously pronounced Hope-ARDJ, HOOP-aug and HOORpoordj.
In fact it's a Native American name (I forget the tribe), flitered through the first settlers who were French, then filtered again through English settlers.
And the result: HOP-og.
You're so kind. :0)
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