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Ooh, ooh--I just got around to reading yesterday's Word: the author quoted is a Kentuckian, quite famous around these parts. Hmm, that got me thinking... who are the most famous Kentuckians of all time? (Are there any?)
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let's see what Jackie makes of *this Wikipedia entry: List_of_Louisvillians
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I know how to say "Louisville", slugger.
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... who are the most famous Kentuckians of all time?
Abroad, I'm sad to say it, only the chickens made the grade.
(so far)
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>the chickens I say, so ya think Foghorn Leghorn hails from Louisville?
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only the chickens made the grade. Ohh, ha ha HA!  I wouldn't say all the people on that Wikipedia  list are Louisvillians; for ex., John James Audubon Ornithologist, naturalist and painter. Lived in Louisville for about two years. (e.a.) I would say Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, Muhammad Ali (now, he is a native Louisvillian), Tom Cruise (I'm not sure he was born here, but he went to high school and still has family here, the Mapothers), Rosemary Clooney and her nephew George, and no doubt the most famous face of all, Col. Harland Sanders. There are lots of lesser-known but still widely recognized names on that list. And here's one that includes the whole state--MANY well-known names: Kentuckians
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I noted that 'the Colonel' is listed under Military and Social figures. Was he a real Colonel? He is certainly a favourite social figure down here.
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I allus assoomed tha' he were frum Rhode Island... 
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Whoa--tsuwm, I only just now saw your post, and that was because Pookie quoted it. You must have snuck it in while I was composing. My husband says his least-respectable uncle was exactly like Foghorn Leghorn, so no, I don't think I'll claim him--boy.
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I'm sure this post wasn't there yesterday. How did you fit that one in? Foggy business.... Ah, and they don't come in that pretty, they come in little cardboard boxes. Jackie: In my next life I'm going to build a raft and and float down the Mississippi River form Lake Itasca to Lake Pontchartrain and down to the Antilles. When I'll pass the little stretch of the Kentucky banks I'll pay my repect to you and Audubon. Maybe a sidestep to Alabama to see what moon Brecht-Weil were thinking of. Oh, and Oklahoma for sure. 
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