Re: OT:Weird place names-was: GFM Attendees (updated)

[frank theriault]

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

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




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How about the town of DeKalb, Illinois, and the county where Atlanta 
resides,
DeKalb, Georgia...pronounced De Cab!          Bob S.

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