Re: CHAT: silly names

And who could forget Shushwap Lake in BC?
And Iqaluit, the captial of Nunavut here in Canada too?

Scott Hlad

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> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: CHAT: silly names
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> 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's a southern suburb of Vancouver, BC, called Tsawwassen, pronounced
> [t@'was@n].  Though it's not as ornate as the names you mention, I've
> always loved that double "w".
>
> Washington state has some good names, too:  Skykomish, Snohomish,
> Puyallup,...
>
> Matt.