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Suzanne Blom

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Feb 10, 2012, 5:32:28 PM2/10/12
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On 2/9/2012 10:34 PM, Kurt Busiek wrote:
> On 2012-02-10 04:19:04 +0000, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> said:
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>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:09:35 -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd...@dd-b.net>
>> wrote:
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>>> Now you're *really* confusing me. The Red River flows mostly north, up
>>> out of Minnesota and eventually into Canada. So *north* of that
>>> is...mostly uninhabited.
>>
>> Aren't there two red rivers?
>
> Well more than that. There are at least three in Canada.
>
>> The one in the song is up north. I'm
>> sure I've seen one in New Mexico.
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> The one in New Mexico is a tributary of the Rio Grande.
>
> The one Michael was referring to forms a large part of the border
> between Texas and Oklahoma.
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> There are also Red Rivers in Kentucky, Maine, New York and Wisconsin.
>
Did you mean Minnesota for the last one?

Kurt Busiek

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Feb 10, 2012, 5:47:05 PM2/10/12
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The one in Minnesota is the first one mentioned. I was listing others
in addition to those already mentioned.

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Suzanne Blom

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Feb 11, 2012, 12:39:14 PM2/11/12
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Sorry, I guess I wasn't paying as upthread attention as I should.

James Silverton

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Feb 11, 2012, 12:46:22 PM2/11/12
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I begin to see how I get confused about the number of "Red Rivers". The
spectacularly good *Copper River* salmon is sometimes called "Red River
Salmon".

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Jim Silverton

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