Quoppaumokee

[Michael Mccafferty]

Right. This happens quite a bit with O and Q, whence the infamous
"Quabache" (for Ouabache), which is seen to this day in local
tourist guides.


Michael

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Alan Hartley wrote:

> Ives Goddard just set me straight: "Just a misreading with Qu for Ou and
> m for nn or n."
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> So, Quoppaumokee = Ouoppannoki = wa:panáhki
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> Alan
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Sometimes mad
Now the scholar
Now the fool
Thus they appear on the earth
the free ones"

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