Osoko
Dates: 1/25/02,3:00 PM through 1/28/02,4:03 PM (5 postings)
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FROM: "Maureen O'Connor" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/25/02, 3:00 PM
A patron wants to know what state the town of Osoko is in. I have checked
gazetteers, atlases, Google and even the Rand McNally road atlas, state by
state, to no avail.
I'd be grateful if someone could help me out here!
Many thanks for your tolerance.
Maureen
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FROM: Annette Weiss <[removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/25/02, 3:30 PM
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Maureen O'Connor wrote:
> I know I abuse this list somewhat, but you're my only U.S. source for arcane
> questions!
>
> A patron wants to know what state the town of Osoko is in. I have checked
> gazetteers, atlases, Google and even the Rand McNally road atlas, state by
> state, to no avail.
>
> I'd be grateful if someone could help me out here!
>
> Many thanks for your tolerance.
>
> Maureen
>
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> Maureen O'Connor
> Brampton Public Library
> CANADA
> [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
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FROM: Mary Ann Bakken <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/25/02, 3:51 PM
Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library
At 03:56 PM 1/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I know I abuse this list somewhat, but you're my only U.S. source for arcane
>questions!
>
>A patron wants to know what state the town of Osoko is in. I have checked
>gazetteers, atlases, Google and even the Rand McNally road atlas, state by
>state, to no avail.
>
>I'd be grateful if someone could help me out here!
>
>Many thanks for your tolerance.
>
>Maureen
>
>*******************
>Maureen O'Connor
>Brampton Public Library
>CANADA
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
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FROM: "Maureen O'Connor" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/28/02, 10:26 AM
Maureen
From: <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
To: <[removed]@hotmail.com>
Subject: FW: More on Osoko
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:08:29 -0500
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From: Maureen Oconnor [[removed]@bramlib.on.ca]
Sent: January 28, 2002 11:07 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org'
Subject: FW: More on Osoko
Here's a response I got from someone on Stumpers, so I'm going to leave it
at that. Many thanks for all your help.
Maureen
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From: Ted Nesbitt [[removed]@netscape.net]
Sent: January 26, 2002 1:55 PM
To: Maureen OConnor; [removed]@cuis.edu
Subject: RE: More on Osoko
Maureen:
If I recall the "Jeopardy" program correctly, the answer [or question]
was "Oshkosh" [Wisconsin], and Alex Trebek, of course, added "b'gosh."
Ted Nesbitt
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca wrote:
>I've had a few answers from you generous people so far, so I will tell the
>rest of you what I've replied back to those people who have already
replied.
>
>The patron saw the question on Jeopardy (he's wheelchair-bound and
occupies
>himself with mental tests, I think) and must have missed the answer. He
>insists it's an American town, assures me the spelling is correct, and
>insists it's not Osaka, Japan. The closest I could come is Osyka,
>Mississippi, but I haven't been able to query him on that one, as I have
to
>wait for him to call me.
>
>All help--even if it doesn't yield the right answer!--is very much
>appreciated.
>
>Maureen
>
>"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
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>
>Maureen O'Connor
>Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
>All opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
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FROM: Vicki Nesting <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 1/28/02, 4:03 PM
A great source for this kind of question is the USGS Geographic Names Information System:
http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnisform.html
Hope this helps!
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Vicki Nesting
Regional Branch Librarian
St. Charles Parish
East Regional Library
Destrehan, LA
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