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Re: RE: [OM] Wyoming Trip

Subject: Re: RE: [OM] Wyoming Trip
From: "Jeffrey R. Keller" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:57:16 -0800
I believe the Indian word from which the name came was
pronounced more like vegemite. But most current California
inhabitants use yo-sem-it-ee.
-jeff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject: RE: RE: [OM] Wyoming Trip


> OK, I'm confused. I thought "vegemite" was "ve-juh-might," to put it
> somewhat phonetically, but I *know* that "Yosemite" is pronounced
> "yo-sem-it-ee". So... have my Australian friends been misleading me about
> vegemite all these years, or has some Yank been having you on about
> Yosemite, John?
> 
> ---
> Scott
> 



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