----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)
> Isn't there a town on the Missouri River (it may also be in Illinois, I
> can't remember), called Cairo (just like in Egypt), except it's pronounced
> "Kay-roh" (unlike the city on the Nile)?
>
> -frank
Indeed there is a Cairo pronounced Kay-roh in Southern Illinois. Visit there and you will learn some other strange pronunciations <grin>.
Lewis
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