"No pork on my fork"

Wilson Gray wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Tue Jun 21 20:19:56 UTC 2005


On Jun 21, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Bill Lemay wrote:

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> North Byoo-na Vista, (IA).
> Often abbreviated as Byoonie.
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In California, there's a nice distinction made between the placenames
Buena [bweyna] Vista and Buena [byoona] Park.

-Wilson Gray



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