In North Carolina, they always stressed their different pronounciation as BOW as in a ribbon, not to be confused with the South Carolina one.
Beaufort - - (B Yoo with a line over the two oo's - fort)
The legend at the bottom shows that double "o" with the line atop them is pronounced as those in "OOZE" - so I was correct.
My source has reported again:
"We have lost power only for a brief moment and then it returned. Should be getting the last of the storm within the next hour. Believe it or not the wind seems to have increased. I am anxious to get to the beach to see what erosion occurred, but I doubt I will venture out today. It may be dark before all the rain is gone and I am not interested in getting wet and chilled.
I lucked into some kind of a respiratory infection and it is giving me a fit. I was at the doctor's office yesterday and we kind of thought it may be just some sinus drainage that was causing me to become hoarse. It seems now that it was a little more severe. He gave me a prescription for an antibiotic, which I filled on the way home. I didn't want to have to worry about being without medicine during a hurricane.
Bernie..............the joke was cute!"
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When it rains, it pours - prayers requested for this Marine to recover rapidly and fully.
By the way - he spends many hours obtaining funds for a Free Medical Clinic in Morehead City for persons with low incomes and no insurance - is not only on its Board, but volunteers as a clerk to process the patients and make them comfortable.
Marines keep on giving example, not just thumping his chest, sitting in a rocking chair - - -