Seekonk Means Skunk Commentator Bill Harley received some disturbing news about his hometown of Seekonk, Massachusetts from a friend doing research in philology...it turns out that "Seekonk" may not mean what all the town reference-people think.

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Seekonk Means Skunk

March 26, 199812:00 AM ET

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Seekonk Means Skunk

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Commentator Bill Harley received some disturbing news about his hometown of Seekonk, Massachusetts from a friend doing research in philology...it turns out that "Seekonk" may not mean what all the town reference-people think.