+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Maybe this will help those in doubt? MissouREE! Or MissouRAH? Old Debate Renewed Secretary of State Matt Blunt had no idea how intensely Missourians feel about the pronunciation of their state's name. His recent unscientific state fair poll, in which MissouREE was voted vastly more popular than MissouRAH, has only rekindled the debate. There have been battling letters to the editor across the Show-Me State. The Springfield News-Leader awarded an editorial "thorn" to those who selected MissouRAH. At the Columbia Daily Tribune, editor Hank Waters counted himself a MissouRAH man, too, and he tweaked adherents of MissouREE, jokingly tagging them ignoramuses. But MissouREE's supporters have been heard from, too. "Us true Missourians-has anybody ever said Missourahians?-who pronounce it correctly say 'Missouree,'" one newspaper reader declared in a letter to the editor. "It's a delightful debate, and it's a fun debate," Blunt said in a recent interview, sorting letters and e-mails from fans and detractors of his unscientific survey during the state fair in August. About 5,300 people cast ballots at the state fair-including children-and Blunt said REE trounced RAH, 74 percent to 26 percent. "It's a debate, I hope, with no end in sight," Blunt said. "I hope it goes on for generations." And it will! George bapaghk@aol.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Sure, that did a lot in clearing up the discussion!!! It is like trying to convince someone they go to the wrong church, vote for the wrong candidate, or think wrong about abortion, creationism or the hundreds of other things people have their minds set on. I am a Missoura man and will be forever, don't care how wrong (says who) it is, who says it different. I will admit to living in misery---get time off for that when I arrive at the pearly gates, unless I go the other way for saying Missoura!! This thread has been a lot of fun that is sorely needed these days. Bill Houdek Ballwin, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bapaghk@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: [StL-Metro] Missouree - Missourah > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Maybe this will help those in doubt? > > MissouREE! Or MissouRAH? Old Debate Renewed > Secretary of State Matt Blunt had no idea how intensely Missourians feel > about the pronunciation of their state's name. His recent unscientific state fair > poll, in which MissouREE was voted vastly more popular than MissouRAH, has > only rekindled the debate. > There have been battling letters to the editor across the Show-Me State. > The Springfield News-Leader awarded an editorial "thorn" to those who > selected MissouRAH. At the Columbia Daily Tribune, editor Hank Waters counted himself > a MissouRAH man, too, and he tweaked adherents of MissouREE, jokingly tagging > them ignoramuses. > But MissouREE's supporters have been heard from, too. > "Us true Missourians-has anybody ever said Missourahians?-who pronounce it > correctly say 'Missouree,'" one newspaper reader declared in a letter to the > editor. > "It's a delightful debate, and it's a fun debate," Blunt said in a recent > interview, sorting letters and e-mails from fans and detractors of his > unscientific survey during the state fair in August. > About 5,300 people cast ballots at the state fair-including children-and > Blunt said REE trounced RAH, 74 percent to 26 percent. > "It's a debate, I hope, with no end in sight," Blunt said. "I hope it goes on > for generations." > > > And it will! > George > bapaghk@aol.com > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > For tips on researching St. Louis Church Records: http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/churchrecords.htm >