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Floride
by queenv
11/12/2008, 5:32 AM
This was the name of the wife of John Calhoun, the firebrand nineteenth century Southern senator. Floride. I wonder if it was pronounced like "fluoride." Probably not, but that's what I think when I look at it. What do you think of Floride?
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- abbasdaughter
11/12/2008, 7:24 PM
poor child
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- Tassiegirl
11/12/2008, 6:59 PM
To me it's just a state's name in French, since I live in a French-speaking area. But, some states are used as names, I have a young rellie called Kansas.
Actually, it's quite pretty.
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- Elena
11/12/2008, 5:51 PM
9 out of 10 dentists recommend ... ;-)
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- number1212
11/12/2008, 3:49 PM
I think of toothpaste
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- Sekhmet (Nicola17)
11/12/2008, 3:20 PM
1) Fluoride
2) Flo-Rida
3) Florida
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
11/12/2008, 2:39 PM
No! It's just like fluoride!
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- Aileen (aileenbean)   +1
11/12/2008, 12:25 PM
I think of dentists and rappers.
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- Laree (Miles_thegirl)
11/12/2008, 3:53 PM
Oohh man did I read that wrong!
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- Murasaki (lady murasaki)
11/12/2008, 10:49 AM
It's the wa you say "Florida" in French. I find it a bit weird.
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- Ruiha
11/12/2008, 8:04 AM
It's kinda cute but I prefer Florida. It could grow on me and become a GP.
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- mafiosa
11/12/2008, 7:03 AM
My first intuition would be to pronounce it "flo-REED". I think it sounds pretty contrived and fake.
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- Stacia (srsand1)
11/12/2008, 5:50 AM
Maybe they pronounced it like Florida? I actually saw it in a book on the ghosts of Kentucky. A little girl named Florida and her mother died in a fire and haunted a house. I don't like it at all, but apparently Floride wasn't completely alone :o)
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