Disney World - I Ate and Ate!
I'm back from Disney World. Lots of food was enjoyed down there mainly due to to the Christmas Party and the Food & Wine Festival. T...
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A few obnoxious teens came into the store today that reminded me to tell the world: I hate popped collars. Seriously, I think that the guys ...
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In every election I’ve voted in, polls in Michigan open at 7am and stay open until 8pm. I thought that I would go and vote when the polls o...
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This latest Harry Potter movie was the first to get me to thinking that I really am missing a lot. I could tell that there were some things...
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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