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Subject: Des Moines ? From: GUEST,John Gray @ work Date: 12 Jun 02 - 11:43 PM I recently read something that gave me the impression that Des Moines is the insurance capital of the world. Is this so ? And if so, how on earth did such a remote and small sized city achieve this. JG/FME |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: GUEST,ozmacca Date: 12 Jun 02 - 11:46 PM Probably because so few people outside the US know how to pronounce it, they'd have trouble being able to send in an insurance claim. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: mack/misophist Date: 13 Jun 02 - 10:16 AM I always thought it was Omaha, Nebraska. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: mousethief Date: 13 Jun 02 - 12:48 PM Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: Roger in Sheffield Date: 13 Jun 02 - 02:06 PM OK I have seen the name before how is it pronounced? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: Nigel Parsons Date: 13 Jun 02 - 02:07 PM Roger: with difficulty! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: GUEST Date: 13 Jun 02 - 05:12 PM Philadelphia has more life insurance companies than most places, and even has it's own stock exchange to handle all of their investments--and it's DA-moyn-- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: Mad4Mud Date: 13 Jun 02 - 05:43 PM Roger, if you can pronounce Illinois without people shuddering then you can probably pronounce Des Moines properly! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: GUEST,DW at work Date: 14 Jun 02 - 12:58 AM I went there once on Labor Day weekend. It was closed. DW |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 14 Jun 02 - 07:49 AM It's pronounced deh-moynes. Milwaukee is pronounced Muh-Waukeee. Take a shot at Mazomanie, Wisconsin. I bought my first Fender guitar there. :-) Jerry |
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Subject: RE: BS: Des Moines ? From: Blues=Life Date: 14 Jun 02 - 07:19 PM Transplanted Iowa boy, here. Guest is correct, it's "DA-moyn", with NO S. Nice place to live, that Iowa, but too damn cold in the winter. I live in South Carolina, where no one knows what "wind chill" means. Blues |