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What's the Name of That Lake? It's Hard to Say
New York Times ^ | November 20, 2004 | PAM BELLUCK

Posted on 11/20/2004 9:54:25 AM PST by OESY

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Even the welcome sign in Webster, Mass., misspells its lake.
(It has an O for one U and an H for one N.)

Once home to a sprinkling of summer cottages, the 45-letter lake now
has about 800 homes on its shores (and a replica of the Statue of Liberty).

1 posted on 11/20/2004 9:54:28 AM PST by OESY
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To: OESY

LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG ping


2 posted on 11/20/2004 9:54:56 AM PST by OESY
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To: OESY

3 posted on 11/20/2004 9:56:12 AM PST by OESY
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To: OESY

Uuhhhnnnggg.


4 posted on 11/20/2004 9:56:44 AM PST by cripplecreek (I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
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To: OESY

AAUUG.


5 posted on 11/20/2004 9:58:03 AM PST by EggsAckley
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To: OESY

Change those G's to Q's and it could almost be Greenlandic.

Of course, a word that long is no record.

I know a word that is more than 1,700 letters long, and I'm not kidding :-)


6 posted on 11/20/2004 9:58:48 AM PST by Sarvet
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To: Sarvet

OH yeah, what is it? Can you spell it?


7 posted on 11/20/2004 10:01:08 AM PST by discipler
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To: OESY

You should see the Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg High School Marching Band try to spell out the school name during halftime!


8 posted on 11/20/2004 10:08:54 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: OESY

Ack! I'm glad we live on Greand Lake. How do those people ever get checks printed or return address labels? Gah!


9 posted on 11/20/2004 10:09:05 AM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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To: discipler

Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivet Mahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit, meaning the 'City of Angels', is known to the locals as Krungthep Mahanakhon. The rest of the world knows it as Bangkok, Thailand.


10 posted on 11/20/2004 10:09:11 AM PST by cripplecreek (I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yikes!!

Reminds me of a less than intelligent girl I used to work with who addressed an envelope to Bang Cock,Thailand.


11 posted on 11/20/2004 10:20:50 AM PST by Mears
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To: cripplecreek

Isn't the real name of Los Angeles something long and complicated like that? Something like City of Our Lade of the Angels? In spanish?


12 posted on 11/20/2004 10:33:56 AM PST by jocon307 (Jihad is world wide. Jihad is serious business. We ignore global jihad at our peril.)
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To: discipler

"OH yeah, what is it? Can you spell it?"

Of course.

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yhdistelmälukkoseppähenkilötunnussanaleikkikalupakkipussi-
eläinkoeponnistuslautakuntalakitekstiseikkailuleiri-
telttakangaspuujalkasienipiirakkareseptivihkopakkaus-
muovikuularuiskumaalaustarvikevarastohyllymetrilakuavain-
naulakkovartiopäällikkötasogeometriavirhevaihtosähkökazoo-
pillihousupukupellehyppylankakeräkaaliaivovuotosuoja-
vaatekappalemyyntitykkilavatanssiaskelmoottoripyörä-
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:-)


13 posted on 11/20/2004 10:35:08 AM PST by Sarvet
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To: Sarvet

OK smarta$$, whats it mean?


14 posted on 11/20/2004 10:36:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
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"OK smarta$$, whats it mean?"

LOL LOL You don't think I read it from beginning to end, do you?

Check it out at http://www.hut.fi/~jpakkane/sana.html - there you get an explanation :-)

Now try telling me "size counts" :-)


15 posted on 11/20/2004 10:42:14 AM PST by Sarvet
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To: GreenHornet

They tried it once... the band was found three days later marching south still finishing the name... :)


And here I grew up in Sheboygan Wisconsin and I though that was bad.... :)


16 posted on 11/20/2004 10:43:12 AM PST by Americanwolf (Freedom... Protected by the brave so the meek and lazy don't have to get off the sofa.)
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To: Sarvet
"Within the last three years people have gone in and cut out huge tracts of trees, just so they could build a couple of houses and have a wonderful view. That really burns me up."

I love that "I got here first, you stay the hell out of my neighborhood" attitude.

17 posted on 11/20/2004 10:46:29 AM PST by jpl (The tribe has spoken, now for goodness sake, get a life.)
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To: GreenHornet

Ha!. The Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg team cheer can only be done at halftime it takes so long. Give me a "C"..............


18 posted on 11/20/2004 10:46:33 AM PST by Rebelbase (Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
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To: Americanwolf

"And here I grew up in Sheboygan Wisconsin and I though that was bad."

Why is growing up in Wisconsin bad, AW?


19 posted on 11/20/2004 10:47:39 AM PST by Sarvet
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To: Mears

lol was she blond?


20 posted on 11/20/2004 10:48:48 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Off to the store for Marlboro reds and Miller High Life. NSDQ)
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