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Show Tlie Wind "Ha) tin"1 8Al.r IiVKH CtlV, Jan. 7, IS01. IJhUr Dcterct Scut: Hoeing n roniinunlcillDli in Ihe Nf.wb regatillng Ihe w ird "llsyoii" II mlglit not be considered lmprois.r to ettlu hat I bavo often heard thu Ivrm uieJ by tho rafismeu uljiigllm Mis-sliBlppl Mis-sliBlppl Illvir to deslguatu n former (huunelof Ihe atrram, where 1 1 piesmt thero la somii waur wph litiUnr no ciirtent. The accent Is oi Hie first sellable which la pronounced like ay tn tho nj oj tho second allablu luw Ihu round of u or oo short. Thu word Is much use I by the 1'raich aettlera along tho Mississippi ua I It probably of I'ruicli origin, itoii iclfullv. J. II. W Ann. |