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Re: OZorgnaks (was Joe Geiser)
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Ron Burnett <[log in to unmask]>
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Ron Burnett <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:42:55 +1000
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At 15:51 30/03/2000 -0800, Barry Lake wrote:

>Of course, over time, the name "OZorgnaks" became bastardized and
>mispronounced until it became "Ozarks". This explains why people from
>Arkansas and Missouri are so weird.

Harrummph!  We're not 'weird', just more highly developed.  It is,
after all, the oldest geographic area of the North American continent.
Not like that upstart Pacific coast that's about to break off and fall
into the ocean.  (Sort of like what happened ca. 1820 in south eastern
Mo., I guess.)

Ron (Ozarkian in Oz) Burnett
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P.S.  Its a corruption of the French 'aux arcs', anyway.

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