My Roof Was Spared
A strong line of thunderstorms came through late this afternoon while I was at work. I knew that it was a bad storm as I approached Niles. I...
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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, ... -
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... -
...or Happy Holidays! I went to the post office this afternoon to get some extra stamps. I left with a a sheet of Kwanzaa stamps! How awes...
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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