Pics from CT meeting!

[Karen]

Karen, is that a native american name?

Theoretically it's a Nipmuc name, though hard to rpove. The area was Nipmuc territory before Europeans came. The Nipmucs wiped out my hometown (just north of Webster) twice before the "settlers" managed to stay settled.

[davidpizzica]

Karen, I managed to pronounce the name of that lake! Give me a couple of months and I'll get it down pat. Did you say the local kids grow up pronouncing it?!

[Karen]

Karen, I managed to pronounce the name of that lake! Give me a couple of months and I'll get it down pat. Did you say the local kids grow up pronouncing it?!

Those with the right parents do! My mother's high school history teacher gave extra points on a certain grade if kids could say the name correctly, no stumbling, so we all learned it just in case!