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To: Bernard Marx

"Now, a ripe banana delivered by Harry Belafonte to the first non-local who knows how to pronounce Hueneme!"

I'm not a local, but I'm a Native Californian, and I was born in Port Hueneme in 1958 when my Dad was in the Navy!

It's pronounced "Y-nee-mee". :)


98 posted on 06/26/2006 6:19:01 PM PDT by ShellieGOP (Thank God for Free Republic!)
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To: ShellieGOP
It's pronounced "Y-nee-mee". :)

Don't hold me to it but I think Harry's on his way with the banana, although you cheated a little. Now, get together with norton and find out what a hueneme is ;0).

Actually I just Googled it and:

"Hueneme (wene'mu) is a Chumash word meaning "half-way" or "resting place." Chumash nation Canalinos Indians likely stopped at Point Hueneme as they passed between today's Point Mugu and the mouth of the Santa Clara River. The 'Point' is the closest spot (11 miles) from which to cross the Santa Barbara channel transiting between the mainland and Anacapa Island."

103 posted on 06/26/2006 6:37:25 PM PDT by Bernard Marx (Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
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