Boondocks on "brokeback"

[James Knight]

Or Brokeleg Mountain

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At 04:19 AM 1/25/2006, you wrote:
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>Subject:      Re: Boondocks on "brokeback"
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> >... long list.  now that i'm back to one of my big atlases, i see no
> >"brokeback" or "broke-back", though there are the Brokeoff Mountains
> >straddilng NM and TX, just southwest of the Guadelupe Mountains.
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>But try "Brokenback".
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>-- Doug Wilson
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