[bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic)
- From: "Gerald Mackowiak" <gmackowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:18:06 -0700
Illinois has lots of strange towns. The late great senator Dirkson hailed
from the town of Pekin, pronounced Peekin by residents. It was evidently
thought by the founders that if you drilled through the earth in Pekin you
would wind up in Peking pronounced Bay Jing (at least these days) China.
Good thing they didn't try. They would have missed by quite a bit, and
flooded the midwest with the Indian Ocean.
(Grin)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A. Iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic)
> there is also a town in Illinois which spelledlike the capitol of Egypt
but
> pronounced like "kay Row"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Rick.Roderick@xxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:21 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic)
>
>
> > Hi Cindy,
> >
> > I grew up in Illinois. There is a town in Illinois called San Jose, but
> it
> > is not pronounced Hozay but as it wouild have been read by an Echo
> > synthesizer.
> >
> >
>
>
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