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Thread #10508   Message #73825
Posted By: Frank in the swamps
27-Apr-99 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Place names
Subject: RE: Place names
Yup Tucker, New Smyrna is nice. A local amusement down here is noting the people who pronounce it right, and those who call it "New Sumerna". Of course, many will say "Sumerna" IS the right pronunciation.

Forgot to mention Lake Helen. Local lore has it that there was no "Lake Helen" until the U.S. ordinance maps published it as such. Back in the days when it first appeared as a named lake on a topographic map they weren't going to print the correct name....Lake "Hell 'n Blazes", 'cuz that's where you had to go to find the damned lake.

Frank i.t.s.