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Namesake: Mosheim in Greene County

For almost 140 years, residents of Mosheim have been correcting outsiders on how to pronounce the town's name.

Send your Namesake suggestions If there is a place or landmark with a name you would like us toresearch, send your suggestions to 10News reporter Jim Matheny using the"Namesake Suggestions" form on this page. Be sure to include your nameand a note on how to pronounce it in case we use your suggestionon-air. Likewise, please let us know if you do not want us to use yourname on-air.You can also submit suggestions on Jim Matheny's WBIR Facebook page as well as on Twitter @jimmatheny.Note: Namesake is the renamed title of the series formerly known as 'Why do they call it that?'Other Namesake Segmentsul>

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  • January 6, 2012: Princess Theater
  • December 23, 2011: Bethlehem
  • November 29, 2011: Turkey Creek
  • November 11, 2011: Kinser Bridge amp; Kinser Park
  • November 4, 2011: Shields-Watkins Fields
  • October 28, 2011: Punkin Center
  • October 21, 2011: Rockford
  • September 30, 2011: Kimberlin Heights
  • September 23, 2011: Conasauga Falls
  • September 16, 2011: Pittman Center
  • September 9, 2011: Concord
  • August 19, 2011: LaFollette
  • August 12, 2011: House Mountain
  • July 29, 2011: Mosheim
  • July 15, 2011: Place of 1,000 Drips
  • July 1, 2011: Tellico Plains
  • June 17, 2011: Vestal
  • June 4, 2011: Maynardville
  • May 27, 2011: Sandy Bonnyman Bridge
  • May 14, 2011: Bonny Kate
  • May 7, 2011: Ozone Falls
  • Apr. 22, 2011: Mechanicsville
  • Apr. 15, 2011: Revenue Hill
  • Mar. 18, 2011: Irish Cut
  • Mar. 11, 2011: Oneida
  • Feb. 25, 2011: Dixie Lee Junction
  • Feb. 18, 2011:Devil's Breakfast Table
  • Feb. 11, 2011:Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Feb. 4, 2011: Inskip
  • Jan. 8, 2011:Frost Bottom
  • Dec. 31, 2010: Henley (Street) Bridge
  • Dec. 10, 2010: Tuckahoe
  • Dec. 3, 2010: Sharp's Ridge
  • Nov. 26, 2010: Coker Creek
  • Nov. 19, 2010: Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Nov. 12, 2010: Mitchell W. Stout Memorial Bridge
  • Nov. 5, 2010: Tazewell and New Tazewell
  • Oct. 29, 2010: Mellinger Death Ridge
  • Oct. 22, 2010: Farragut
  • Oct. 15, 2010: Mascot
  • Oct. 8, 2010: Allardt
  • Oct. 1, 2010: Greenback
  • Sep. 24, 2010: Boogertown
  • Sep. 17, 2010: Chapman Highway
  • Sep. 10, 2010: Niota
  • Sep. 3, 2010: Neyland Stadium
  • Aug. 27, 2010: Ten Mile
  • Aug. 20, 2010: Heritage High School
  • Aug. 13, 2010: Old Gray Cemetery
  • July 29, 2010: Sweetwater
  • July 23, 2010: I.C. King Park
  • July 16, 2010: Stinking Creek
  • July 9, 2010: Bean Station
  • July 2, 2010: Loudoun and Loudon
  • June 25, 2010: X-10, Y-12, K-25 Oak Ridge Plants
  • June 18, 2010: Frozen Head State Park
  • June 11, 2010: Buck Karnes Bridge
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