Re: CHAT: silly names

Ugh. How can anyone pronounce words like that? Go for shortness instead and
emigrate to the Nowegian village Å (that's an "A" with a small ring above).
Pronounced [o:].

                                            Andreas

PS Speaking of weird place-names, the Argentine ones _Cauaiauaia_ and
_Uoiauai_ are pretty good too. Croatian _Krk_ is quite okay too.

Ferenc Valoczy wrote:
>
>Hm...
>
>I've always thought that we own the rights to silly names up here in
>Canada what with Penetanguishene, Similkameen, Skookumchuk, Tuktoyaktuk,
>and many many others, including my favourite, Iglulik.
>
>But then, there's Wales...how the hell does that one go? All I can
>remember is Llanfairpwll...gogogoch, I can't remember the middle.
>
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, John Cowan wrote:
>
> > I always thought that the state of Maine held the U.S. record
> > for silly names, as in the well-known quatrain:
> >
> >         To the shores of Lake Aghquabamticook,
> >            All in the state of Maine,
> >         A man from Wittipesaugam came,
> >            One evening in the rain.
> >
> > But now I find that in Massachusetts, some miles south, we have Lake
> > Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaugg, locally pronounced
> > ['wEpsta].  Take *that*.
> >
> > --
> > There is / one art             || John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> > no more / no less              || http://www.reutershealth.com
> > to do / all things             || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> > with art- / lessness           \\ -- Piet Hein
> >
>
>-------ferko
>Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
>
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