[Taxacom] Zzyzx, was: Re: [HERBARIA] HERBARIA Digest, Vol 104, Issue 10

[Tom Schweich]

Yes, it's for real, recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names:

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1662336

Their web site is here: http://biology.fullerton.edu/dsc/

and it's pronounced just as it's spelled!

Well, OK, pronounced: Zy-zix.

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On 3/22/2012 6:52 AM, Veldkamp, J.F. (Jan Frits) wrote:
> Zzyzx --- Is that for real? How do the locals pronounce it?
>
> JeF
>