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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Don't forget knack a doe ches and knack a tish one in east Texas and one in Louisiana. They are spelled Nacogdoches and Natchitoches. Oh and Waxahachie. (Walks a hatch ee.)
Note, I had to Google for the spelling.
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Those words at least come from languages widely disparate from English, and I believe lacking written forms before they were transcribed by European settlers. I'm sure we're butchering Chicago and Massachusetts in common usage, too.