# Podunk Article **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podunk-article/360183 "2006-06-10T08:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wannahug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@wannahug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wannahug)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podunk-article/360183/1 "2006-06-10T08:35:09Z")
Dear Cecil, How ironic the article in this email regarding a town called “Podunk” - I was born in a little town called Wadena, Iowa and every since I was a little girl, my parents always referred to Wadena as “Podunk” - and that stuck for years in my mind. They said Podunk derived from an Indian name - and Wadena was an Indian name, but I never knew anymore history than what my parents told me when I was a little girl. I am now 65 years old and Podunk will always be a greater part of my upbringing history 🙂 Thank you for the memories 😉 Sincerely, Sharon Tipton [wannahug@cox.net](mailto:wannahug@cox.net) Clovis, NM ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podunk-article/360183/2 "2006-06-10T08:48:05Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, Sharon. A link to the article is appreciated. Providing one can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a blank space on either side of it. Like so: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_132.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_132.html) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podunk-article/360183/3 "2006-06-10T12:06:49Z")
I was in a bar in FLA and the tender asked me where I was from and I said “Podunk PA.” He had never heard the term and thought that Podunk was a real town in PA.