In a message dated 12/17/1999 10:50:47 AM Central Standard Time, makaylor@npwt.net writes: << Hettick..... >> I lived in Hettick till I was 8, then we moved to Carlinville. I have followed this thread with great interest. :) Thanks for the chuckles. I had never given thought to how I pronounce Macoupin....let's see..... Muh-goop-in Does that mean I grew up on the wrong side or the right side of the tracks?? ;-D ~~Rhonda Ashby Coulter