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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 290484, member: 6036&quot;]That&#039;s certainly how to spell it ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interesting thread. I got this from Wiki ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The city&#039;s name since 1833 comes from a Cherokee language word &quot;<i>Talonige</i>&quot; or &quot;<i>Dalonige</i>&quot;, meaning &quot;yellow money&quot; or &quot;gold.&quot;&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;in 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor [sic] at the Mint, attempted to dissuade Georgia miners from leaving to join the California Gold Rush. His oration gave rise to the sayings: &quot;There&#039;s millions in it,&quot; and <b>&quot;Thar&#039;s gold in them thar hills.&quot;</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega,_Georgia#_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega,_Georgia#_note-2" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[</span></u></a>&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>None of which helps with pronunciation. I have heard Doll -oh - NAY- gah. Dunno if that&#039;s proper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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