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[Baker, John]

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior, the names of the Great Lakes.  It still sort of works if you consider Michigan and Huron to be one lake (Lake Michigan-Huron), as they are hydrologically, although it's a little weird to have the hyphenated portions of the name out of order and separated by Ontario.


John Baker


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Does anyone know what "HOMES" is a mnemonic for?

    - Jim Landau

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