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Author:  Box [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:54 am ]
Post subject:  Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/national/20lake.html

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There is more consensus on the meaning of Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, but it turns out the consensus is wrong. In the 1920's, a reporter for The Webster Times, Lawrence J. Daly, wrote that it was a Nipmuck Indian word meaning "You fish on your side, I fish on my side and nobody fishes in the middle." That stuck even though Mr. Daly confessed repeatedly that he had made the whole thing up.



Heh, here's what I figure:

At least it makes spelling Massachusetts look much easier :roll:
Author:  BJ [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:57 am ]
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lol :lol:

I cant beleive someone would name a lake, lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg :lol:
Author:  Terminator1997 [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:01 am ]
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when they were thinking of a name they were probably all drunk and were just spewing out jibberish and decided to go with it.
Author:  Box [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:12 am ]
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Terminator1997 wrote:
when they were thinking of a name they were probably all drunk and were just spewing out jibberish and decided to go with it.



That's how my uncle named my cousin, "Awhellnoanotherkid"


:D




:(
Author:  Terminator1997 [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:14 am ]
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box_2005 wrote:
Terminator1997 wrote:
when they were thinking of a name they were probably all drunk and were just spewing out jibberish and decided to go with it.



That's how my uncle named my cousin, "Awhellnoanotherkid"


:D




:(



haha lol :lol:
Author:  matatonio [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:17 am ]
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:? :? :?
WHAT THE HELL! :?
Author:  BacktotheFuture [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:18 am ]
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Man people are really lowering their standards for threads these days. :lol:
Author:  Box [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:27 am ]
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BacktotheFuture wrote:
Man people are really lowering their standards for threads these days. :lol:


If it took this thread to force about a comment like that, then you've obviously not been looking hard enough at the brilliant creations dished out by them peeps in this forum...
Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:47 am ]
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Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg... :lol:

God that rocks, whoever came up with that... *counts* um, 49 letter (sorry if it's wrong, bad counter) name should earn a gold star!
Author:  Mister Ecks [ Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:50 pm ]
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What a fake name. That's even faker than ramalamadingdong and Tara Reid.
Author:  torrino [ Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:56 pm ]
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Anyone want to tell me how to pronounce it?

I'm going to have to visit it next time I'm in Mass....

The name is too funny.
Author:  Groucho [ Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:08 pm ]
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http://chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.istheshit.net/

Yes, it really exists, although the locals call it "Webster Lake." Still, if you are there, you can buy Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg souveniers, like Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg cups and Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg clothing, saying things like "I went to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." You can also order the Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg grilled cheese sandwich, and it will be ready for you by the time you finish ordering it. Some people think Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is a deep metaphor for our lives, but to rephrase Frued, sometimes Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is just Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. Still, like Humphrey Bogart said in the first draft of "Casablanca", "We'll always have Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg."
Author:  matatonio [ Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:16 pm ]
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wow! :? :?
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