Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reminds me of a town on NY Route 40 just south of our farm, called skaticoke, written Schagticoke. Not Creole. ;-) Seth - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] mars proximity > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@direcway.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] mars proximity > > > > Sonny: > > > > My dear friend, Rev. Sterling Minturn, whose family is from Natchitoches > LA, > > has always told me that the correct pronunciation looks something like > > Nagidouche. Is? > > yes, and > Nack-a-dish > or > Nack-a-tish > or > Nack-a- dush > and sometimes > Nak-a-tosh > > Because this is a Creole city with a diverse population, it is pronounced > variously. > > Sonny > > > > > > Of course, the last syllable (two if you count the silent "es") of the > > written name looks perilously like a yiddish word that means something > else. > > > > Seth LaK 9 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:55 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] mars proximity > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > Natchidosis sound like one of you exotic tropical diseases. > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > > > At 09:23 AM 8/27/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >Didn't the Space Shuttle Columbia break up over your town? (Or a > town > > > > >with a similar name?) > > > > > > > > > >Jerry > > > > > > > > That was Natchidosis (or something like that), Texas. > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > > http://www.agpix.com > > > > http://www.newscom.com > > > > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com/member.php?user=tinamanley > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html