Van-ah-what?

Yeah, yeah, I know. How do you pronounce Vanuatu? According to Wikipedia there are two acceptable pronunciations: (vah-noo-AH-too) or (van-WAH-too).  The nationality, noun and adjective is "ni-Vanuatu" (not Vanuatu-ese or Vanuatu-ite), occasionally shorten to "ni-Van".

Maybe you know more about Vanuatu than you realize.   

• WWII buffs, or those who lived during that era may remember it as New Hebrides (name change in 1980). It is on the Coral Sea, another place name from WWII.
• James A. Michener (a paper-shuffling sailor during World War II) chronicled the Solomons and the New Hebrides in "Tales of the South Pacific." Yes, there were French plantation owners on Vanuatu.
• Perhaps you have seen Dr. Mark Turnbull of Laymen Ministries Vanuatu Project on Hope Channel or 3ABN.
• Those of you who watched Survivor reality TV show in 2004 saw Vanuatu for a whole season.

 Wonder what I'll learn tomorrow to share. Check back to see.