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From: okie@ihuxs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: San Joz, etc.
Message-ID: <343@ihuxs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Aug-83 14:58:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 24 14:58:48 1983
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Speaking of French names that have been (dare I say it?) perverted
in the Southwest, take the case of Bois D'Arc Creek near Ponca City,
Oklahoma.  My two semesters of college French tell me that it should
sound like "bwa d'ahr" (near-silent "c").  My relatives tell me it
should sound like "bow dark."

And to make matters worse, in Lousiana (or "Loozanna" if you're from
there) it's often pronounced "boys deeark."

B.K. Cobb
BTL, Naperville, IL