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#80392 09/12/02 10:44 AM
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How should this mountain be pronounced?

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Ice-breaker: d'-NAH-ee


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was the 'l' left off by accident or intent?

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Oops! Accident. Thanks.

Try again: d'-NAH-lee (almost sounds like something out of Myst, doesn't it?)

For more information see http://www.alaska.net/~denst1/mountain.html.
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Denali National Park and
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[dunäl'E]
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muh-KIN-lee



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Touche ! :-)


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'Parturiunt Montes-Nascitur Ridiculus Mus'-


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>muh-KIN-lee

'Splain please for this ignorant upworlder. Is this another case where a name imposed by colonial aggressors has been replaced by that used prior to the arrival of said imperialists? This has happened in Australia with Uluru, and in NZ with just about every mountain there is. First in, first served has always seemed a simple enough philosophy, so I have no problem with geographical features reverting to pre-European nomenclature. Pity shanks is not here, we could have done the whole Bombay/Mumbai thing again


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You'v got it.. Mt McKinley=Denali=Highest peak in North America...(somewhere in Alaska)

Mt Washington, NH, (don't know its previous name) highest peak on east coast, also vies for worst weather in the world.. but that's because the US Weather service has a station there, so its weather is well documented.

the only time i was at the top of Mt Washington (mid July) we got caught in a snowstorm, with a white out condition. you couldn't see 10 feet ahead! we took the cog railrail (i wanted to drive!) and only found the train because it blew the whistle-- we couldn't see it until we were practically on it! it was 90°F., at base (35° c. or about)and 35°F (1°c) at the top!


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