On Nov 7, 11:49 pm, "James A. Robbins"  wrote:   
   > "Chris Adams"  wrote in message   
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   > news:_MSdnSb2du9JkkvRnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@posted.hiwaay2...   
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   > > At least Florida and Australia are on opposite sides of the world.   
   > > Beaufort is pronounced differently in South Carolina and North Carolina,   
   > > and those two towns are only a little over 300 miles from each other!   
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   > In southern Ohio we have a town named Rio Grande (pronounced   
   > Rye-Oh Grand).  Being from Los Angeles it drove me crazy.   
   Diehard native born Missourians and Missouri politicians pronounce   
   Missouri as Mizzourah. I have never understood this pronunciation   
   since moving to the St. Louis area almost 30 years ago. In response, I   
   jokingly call it the Great State of Misery.   
   Dan Dassow   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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