The Okeefeenokee Swamp

Tom · May 23, 2008, 04:20:43 PM

It was a sore point with my Granddad that people shorten names. He wasn't talking about people's nicknames necessarily,but that they lazily shortened historical names and the original was eventually lost to this brevity. His favorite was Okeefeenokee. He would many times reiterate his lesson that it was shortened to Okeefenokee, then, Okeefenoke and Okefenokee and finally Okefenoke, with the most reprehensible bastardization being 'fenoke. He said, and I beleive it too, that we should hang onto the originals or we will lose them forever.

I looked up Okeefeenokee and found this list of names for the swamp. No documentation was provided.

Variant (nonofficial) names for Okefenokee Swamp: Aekanphanaekin, Aekanphanaekin Swamp, Akenfenogo, Akenfonogo Swamp, Akinfinocau, Akinfonoka, Ecunfinocau, E-cun-fi-no-cau Swamp, E-cun-fino-cau Swamp, E-cunfino-cau Swamp, Efinokee, Ekanfanaka, Ekanfanega, Ekanfanoga, Ekanfanoka, Ekanfanska, Ekanfinaka, Ekanfinaka Swamp, Ekanfonaka, Ekanphaenoka, Eokafanoke, Eokeefanokee, Eokefanoke, Eokefanokee, Eokefenoke, Eokefinocau, Eokefinoke, Eokefinokee, Eokenfonoghka, Eokenfonooka, Eokennokee, Eokfanoke, Great Owaguaphonogaw Swamp, Great Swamp, Le Grand Marecage d'Owaquaphenogaw, Le Terrible Marcage, Oahefanoke, Oakefanokee, Oaquaphenogaw, Ocafinocau, Ockefenoke, Oekanphanoko, Okafanoka, Okafonoka, Okanfanoka, Okeefeenokee, Okeefenokee Swamp, Okeefernokee, Okeefinokee, Okeefinokee Swamp, Okefanakow, Okefannoke, Okefanoka, Okefanoke, Okefanokee, Okefenakee, Okefenocan, Okefenocau, Okefenoco, Okefenoke Swamp, Okefenokee, Okefinacau, Okefinakau, Okefincau Swamp, Okefinocau, O-ke-fin-o-cau Swamp, Okefinocou, Okefinoke, Okefinokee Swamp, Okefonoco, Okefonoke, Okefonoko, Okenfonoke, Okenfonoko, Okerfonoke, Okeyfenakey, Okfonooka, Okiefinokee, Okifenoke, Okifenokee Swamp, Okifinokee, Okifinokee Swamp, Okinfonoka, Okofonoke, Onoquaphanoga, Onoquaphenoga, Onoquaphenogaw, Ookfunooka, Oquafanoka Swamp, Oquafanoke, Oquafenoco, Oquefanoke, Ouaquafenoga, Ouaquaphanoga, Ouaquaphenogaw Swamp, Ouaquaphenogow, Ouaquephenogaw, Owaquafenoga, Owaquaphenoga, Owaquaphenoga Swamp, Owaquaphenogaw, Owaquephenogaw, Quakaphanoke, Waquafenogo.