I Couldn’t Spell That If I Tried
US officials admitted that they have been spelling the 45-letter Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg wrongly for years. According to the local newspaper, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the signs inserted an "o" for a "u" at position 20, and an "h" for an "n" at position 38.
FOOTNOTE: Cast a spell.
7 comments:
HA! And I have trouble with embarrass and occaision! See? Had to look them up (again!)
you have GOT to be kiddin' me...
And what editor spotted this??? ...in my nightmares!
I'm glad I don't live there... can you imagine using that word in your address?
May I have an aspirin with that? ;-)
When I read your post I figured it had to be somewhere around my parts of the US and sure enough, it's down in Massachusetts (yup, another tongue twister). I doubt most around here would ever be able to pronounce that word even remotely correctly, that's why they usually refer to it as Webster Lake (pronounced "Webstah" with their Mass accent). Me thinketh I stick with going up to Lake Winnipesauke, it's not quite as menacing and almost fun to say (though as a German I am rather used to long headachy words, Steuerverkürzungsbekämpfungsgesetz anyone?).
http://poetonaleash.blogspot.com/2009/04/some-of-my-least-favorite-online.html
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