Re: CHAT: silly names

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*.
>
> --
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