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#1707919 - 06/07/12 02:50 PM
Re: 10 Funny Real Town Names...
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Cute Article Some BOLers we know might wish to retire here: Gintown, GA.
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#1707942 - 06/07/12 03:26 PM
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we have an Athens, Il pronounced AY-thens instead of like the greek city.
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#1707950 - 06/07/12 03:41 PM
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Also Palestine, Texas, which if you say it like the place in the Middle East, you're gonna get some really funny looks. It's "pal-a-steen".
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#1707981 - 06/07/12 04:05 PM
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havent seen it mentioned yet from my fellow Illinois bankers.....Cornland, IL
got lost trying to go from our Buffalo Branch to Lincoln, ended up in Cornland
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#1708024 - 06/07/12 04:34 PM
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Cute Article Some BOLers we know might wish to retire here: Gintown, GA. ::high ten, walden:: 
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#1708041 - 06/07/12 04:49 PM
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Not a town name, but saw a street sign once that was Dingleberry Ave.
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#1708064 - 06/07/12 05:25 PM
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned this one yet: Elephant Butte, NM
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#1708077 - 06/07/12 05:48 PM
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LOL!
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#1708097 - 06/07/12 06:09 PM
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In Florida Miami is My-am-ee
In Oklahoma Miami is My-am-uh
And yes we really to have Frogville
Also
on the east side of the state is Porter
on the west side of the state is Retrop
Don't forget Slapout, OK. Also Wayne, OK is just down the road from Payne, OK
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#1708139 - 06/07/12 06:58 PM
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..and a great little hometown, Hooker, OK, named for, er, nevermind
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#1708170 - 06/07/12 07:39 PM
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Oh and they have Adair, OK pronounced A (long A) dair. Drives me nuts.
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#1708172 - 06/07/12 07:39 PM
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Weed, CA (Yes, I did.)
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#1708179 - 06/07/12 07:43 PM
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Oh and they have Adair, OK pronounced A (long A) dair. Drives me nuts.
How else are you supposed to say it?
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#1708189 - 06/07/12 07:57 PM
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Oh.....no one (that i know) says uh-dair. That would sound odd to my ears.
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#1708190 - 06/07/12 07:58 PM
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
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of course, New Orleans is pronounced nawlins or nu orlins by those who live here...visitors usually prononce it New Orleens...
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#1708201 - 06/07/12 08:13 PM
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Mexia, Texas (meh-HAY’-uh)
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