There's a river in southeastern Colorado named by early Spanish settlers the Purgatorie.
It's pronounced picketwire. I kid you not.
I sure didn’t know *that,* either. Thought it was the same as Purgatory, the ski area - and my former home forum. Wow, I’ll have to remember that.
Kinda like Refugio and Mexia, here in TX. ReFURY-oh and Muh-HAY-uh. That’s funny about “Shy Anne,” too. I think there’s a FReeper named that.
Cheney is hard enough to explain - I wonder if Cheney Chick has to tell her Brit friends her nick and how she says it. So many say “Sheeney.”