I live next to New London. Guess what the big river running through New London is? Yes, the Thames. Guess how we say "Thames"? Hint: the first phonic is the same as the word "think". Boy was it embarassing to try to explain this to my British friends.
What I was told was that "THames" was the original pronunciation but the British dropped the "h" when some overly-German king couldn't pronounce it. I have no idea if this is true.
I grew up near a town in NJ named "Boonton" pronounced "Boo-n" (you sorta swallow the 'n')
I like the way locals pronounce "Terra Haute". It's pretty much "Tear-ho".
This is the first post I've been able to get to take in Natter all day.
Buffistas ate the posts. Buffistas are very sorry. But doughnut talk make Buffistas very hungry.
On a related note to un/mispronounceable cities and towns, a few of my favorite goofily named American cities:
Frankenbudda, you forgot Dildo, Newfoundland.
Timelies all!
Megan has just caused me to be earwormed with an Arrogant Worms song.
There are worse things...
If you want to be really, really pissed at the current German government this link is for you.
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If you are not in the mood for blind rage, ignore the above link.
If you want to be really, really pissed at the current German government this link is for you.
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Wow. That's ... I'm not sure I have a word that covers it.
I'm not sure I have a word that covers it.
"Insane" is about as close as I'm getting. When I can make words in between all the gaping and sputtering.
Okay, this makes me laugh:
The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars.
On to the meat of the argument -- the high level premise is sound ... no, I don't mean sound. Consistent, rather. But, dude, how could they not see the huge problem coming down the pike?
How much penalising can the US government do on perceived slackers?
My fucking word. That's nuts.
