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Unusual place names in USA 2 – Lac qui Parle
LAC QUI PARLE, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
French priest translated
Dakota name, lake that Speaks
Into his own tongue
Note: Dakota is a native American nation consisting primarily of Sioux living in South Western Minnesota. the tribal elders took guidance from the voices they heard from the lake.
A late edit: I should have explained that the voices heard were created by the wind across the lake which is situated in a unique geologic formation. And for sports people it’s also considered the best walleye-pike fishing lake in Minnesota.
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Obscure words explained 87. – perigree
A bit of Americal – Unusual place names in Ohio1. – Knockemstiff
Change of gears. Who remembers Alistair Cook’s “Letter from America” well here’ s Bristolians version in A bit of Americal. I have started with a previous theme of unusual place names. We have plenty of these in the USA.
KNOCKEMSTIFF, Ross county, Ohio
Slang term for Moonshine
illegal liquor from maize
distilled in secret
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Obscure words explained 85. – assiduity
Krek waiters peak bristle
Another departure: Some (many) years ago a book was written, I’ll find the author’ s name one of these days. which spoke about the way people from Bristol speak.
One of the curiosities of the Bristol dialect is the propensity of Bristolians to add an “l” to a final “a” in place of a glottal stop. This curious fact has led me to this post in light of the pandemic now about us; Has anybody from Bristol heard the word Coronavirus pronounced “coronalvirus?
Note: The title of this post is the aforementioned title of the book. It translates as, The correct way to speak Bristol.
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Uncommon Sense 1.
I thought I might be useful to change my theme for a while: Considering our pandemic with the corona virus. It’s a very serious matter and our thoughts actions and words should be appropriately aligned.
Therefore, I dug up a book from my library written by Joseph Telushkin entitled “Uncommon Sense”. If you are interested, hi book was published by Shapolsky publishers, New York, 1987.
I will share some of these/those quotes which I think express the importance of our attitude, thoughts and actions during these testing times.
1. The question of bread for yourself is a material question, But the question of bread for your neighbour is a spiritual one.
i. Nkolai Berdyaev 1874-1948
Note: You might find it interesting to check out these people. They had interesting things to say.
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Unusual U.K. place names 82. – Market Rasen
MARKET RASEN, Linolnshire
Name from Old English
Raesn meaning a plank bridge
over River Rase
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Unusual U.K. place names 74. – Stuggadhoo
STUGGADHOO, Isle of Mann
on he Isle of mann
many nations have ruled here
Famous for Manx cats
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Unusual U.K. place names 80. – Withycombe
WITHYCOMBE, Somerset
An iron-age hill fort
Dumbledon Druid circle
Known for its Grey Mare\
Note: Grey mare is subject of a folk song which starts out as Tom Pearse Tom Pearse lend u your grey mare…… Withycombe may be confused with Widdecombe which is in Devon.
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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