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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sacagawea #130795 07/26/04 02:07 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu OP Carpal Tunnel OP Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont while visiting in Iowa, we went to the Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque. we listened to a presentation(recorded) about Lewia and Clark. Sacagawea was mentioned, but what struck me was the pronuciation: Sah-kah-gah-wee-ah. I had always grown up hearing it Sack-ah-jah-wee-ah. any thoughts? on a side note, my wife and I had an interesting discussion about regional history. I grew up on the Great Plains, she in New England. she remembered hearing about Sacagawea probably once, while I had never heard of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sacagawea #130796 07/26/04 02:50 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC The controversy over how to pronounce (as well as to spell) her name is what prompted me to start calling the gold dollar coin the Pompey, after her infant son, who is also on the obverse of the coin. Pompey wasn't his name, though that's what Clark called him. I still think Pompey's a good name for the coin. "I'll see your half and raise you a Pompey." "I left a couple of Pompeys as a tip, and the waitress loved 'em." TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sacagawea #130797 07/26/04 02:52 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/sacajawea.html http://www.sacajaweahome.com/ On vacation years ago I took way up in the White Mtns. I read a very long book on Sacagawea - I most remember a description of her walking through a rainbow . Amazing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 770 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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