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FAKIN' CAJUNS br> Re: Jay D. Homnick's Taking Names : /p>

When I hear Katrina, I immediately think of Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation -- the one who always looks like someone gave her a nice slice of green persimmon in the green room before she went on TV.

Where I live, we don't name our natural disasters cute feminine names like Earthquake Earline. We just call it the Big One until a bigger one comes along -- maybe because there is no time to name one in advance.

p>But speaking of names -- practically every region has its own pronunciation of its cities. I once knew a girl from Larchmont and she called it Noo Yock. I've heard that some New Jersey folks call it Joisey. I once worked with a woman from Chicago and she called it CHICARGO. All the Kennedys call it Bahhston. In Charleston, it's Chahlstun. TV newspeople don't feel called upon to give any of these cities the local pronunciation, UNTIL THEY GO TO NEW ORLEANS. They are all down there clinging to a lamp post in gale winds reporting on what is happening in "N'Wahlins". They are not southern, they are not Creole, nor Cajun, but they would all like you to think they were born on Bourbon Street. Why is that? br> -- Diane Smith br> South San Francisco, California /p> p> NOT PEACEFUL BUT DECEITFUL br> Re: George J. Tomascik's

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