![]() ![]() Rather than being a damsel in distress who is subservient to the customs, traditions, and social restrictions her society places on her and expects her to follow, Merida openly rebels and defies her heritage as a princess and would like for nothing more than to be a normal girl. ![]() Merida is a very brave, bold, daring, courageous, stubborn, rebellious and headstrong girl who does not fit the stereotypical princess role. The rest of the times, she wears a dark teal cotton dress, white tights and brown shoes. As a princess, she formerly wears a turquoise dress. That's where we get this very professional looking guy say it this way.Merida is a young Scottish princess with long, curly red hair and blue eyes. And there about 7 videos down is one about John Deere settling in the area. You don't get much if you just search "Grand Detour." You'll get a kid that has a typical 9-year-old account. If this story interests you, you should check out the post on the city of Racine. NOTE: This isn't the first time I've come across a local small town that's divided on pronunciation. Riley, an Oregon native so he knows what he's talking about, says that a bunch of people place the accent on the "tour" in Grand Detour and might go as for as moving the "de" in detour to the end of Grand to sound like "Grandy Tour." ![]() I guess you could say that I placed the accent on the "de" in detour.Īpparently this isn't standard practice by locals. For the record, I said it like it's written. This prompted an email from a listener to Riley about how I pronounced the city. What I do know is that I just heard of it recently and said the name of the town on the radio. I'm sure it's nice, maybe it's not, I'm not sure. This is a long way for me to excuse myself for not being familiar with Grand Detour. Freeport was always a worse trip than Belvidere but I cursed them both for being in the NIC-10. ![]()
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