OpinionJanuary 17, 2006
Learn to say town's name correctly
To the editor: I was raised here in Cape Girardeau, so no one told me it was "Girardeau." They let me go on saying it the wrong way: Girard-UH. Only when I lived in Ohio did the college kids teach me the right way. I often wonder why they never corrected me in Cape Girardeau. Can you say it right?...
To the editor:
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I was raised here in Cape Girardeau, so no one told me it was "Girardeau." They let me go on saying it the wrong way: Girard-UH. Only when I lived in Ohio did the college kids teach me the right way. I often wonder why they never corrected me in Cape Girardeau. Can you say it right?
WADINE G. SAVAGE, Cape Girardeau
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