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Subject:Re: My final word - was Re: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:29:55 -0400

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, John Rodgers wrote:

> In my years in Alaska with the Public Health service I traveled a lot to
> bush communities. Several villages I went to were Eek, (yep, just like
> eeeek!!), Tuntituliak (shortened by everybody in the local area to
> "Tunt". We won't discuss what the rougher citizens called the short of
> it), Chicken (yep, just like as in fried chicken. Famous Alaska question
> - Where the h*ll is Chicken, Alaska), Cock-a- Knock (spelled Kokanok)
> and Ta-Tit-Lick (spelled Tatitlik)

I always found Humptulips and Tillicum, both in Washington, pretty
amusing.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
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