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Posted by jin (70.33.141.95) on 05:29:19 07/27/06
In Reply to: Mount Desert Island posted by Sharon Rohde
The island was named by a French explorer referring to the barren mountains that dominate the landscape. The original French would be something like "days-air". Most people pronounce it either like a sweet that you eat after a main meal or like a dry and barren place. The mountains of MDI are hardly dry, but many of them are barren; and MDI is certainly a sweet place to visit.
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