"No pork on my fork"

[Wilson Gray]

Wasn't Monticello in the news last year, as a result of a
near-inundation by floodwaters? There's also a Weed in Northern
California, not far from Sacramento.

-Wilson Gray

On Jun 21, 2005, at 10:06 AM, Baker, John wrote:

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>         And don't forget Monticello.  Unusual place names seem to be a
> strength of Kentucky's.
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> John Baker (who grew up between Weed and Bliss, next to Jaybird Ridge)
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> Ah! Versailles, Madrid, Cairo...
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> dInIs
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>> I had a friend in grad school who grew up near Arab, Alabama.  He said
>> it was always pronounced "AY-rab."
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>> JL
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