Yes Frank. Cairo is right by where the Ohio joins the Mississippi. An
impressive intersection!

And then there is Pay'-rue (Peru) (Indiana) ...

stan

 on 12/08/03 10:16 PM, frank theriault at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Isn't there a town on the Missouri River (it may also be in Illinois, I
> can't remember), called Cairo (just like in Egypt), except it's pronounced
> "Kay-roh" (unlike the city on the Nile)?
> 
> -frank
> 
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist
> fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> 
>> How about the town of DeKalb, Illinois, and the county where Atlanta
>> resides,
>> DeKalb, Georgia...pronounced De Cab!          Bob S.

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