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OT ..another thing most US dwellers don't know...
================================================== =========== Why is the south known as Dixie land? At a time when businesses did business using pounds, shillings and pence but the Portuguese Johannes, the Spanish doubloons and pistols, the French sous and picayunes, the Italian and Flemish ducatoons were all circulating and 1 shilling and 4 pence was one sixth of a milled peso (a piece of eight) or 2 shillings and a half pence was equal to half a dutch dollar (yes-a very confusing time) the Citizens bank of New Orleans issued a straight forward $10 bill, which became very popular. However, because it was New Orleans and there were lots of French people around, on the back of the $10 bill they printed the French word for ten which is “dix”. These notes became so popular that they became know as “Dixies”. In 1859 a singer songwriter by the name of Daniel Decatut Emmett wrote a song called “Dixie’s land” which became very popular too (see how we used to get on so well with the French!!!). Anyhow, he was a Northerner and presumably because of pronunciation differences everyone thought he was singing “Dixie Land” and this is how the South became know as Dixie Land – eh Voila! http://www.skunkworks.webaxxs.net/20...ixie-land.html ================================================== ============= Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French. Personally, I think they're generally pretty good. mike |
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