To: Petronski
Why does Shep continue to see “Pongo Pongo?”
Isn’t it Pago Pago? The name was given during the brief occupation by Germany. In old German, certain letters of the alphabet have an implicit "n" added before it. "G" is one of them. I don't know enough German to identify the others.
The "Pango Pango" pronunciation is correct.
157 posted on
09/29/2009 1:50:37 PM PDT by
Publius6961
(Obama Garden Club: Nothing but plants.)
To: Publius6961
The name was given during the brief occupation by Germany. In old German, certain letters of the alphabet have an implicit "n" added before it. "G" is one of them. I don't know enough German to identify the others. Um, no, the samoan language pronounces it that way. American Samoa was never occupied by the Germans. Even when they bombed Pearl Harbor.
163 posted on
09/29/2009 2:13:10 PM PDT by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
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