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Box
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:52 am
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 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/national/20lake.html
Quote: 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 
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BJ
Killing With Kindness
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:57 pm
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lol 
I cant beleive someone would name a lake, lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg _________________The Force Awakens
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Terminator1997
George A. Romero
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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.
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Box
Extraordinary
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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"
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Terminator1997
George A. Romero
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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" haha lol
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm
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Location: In good ol' Mexico
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:? :? :?
WHAT THE HELL! :?
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BacktotheFuture
I'm Batman
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Location: Long Island
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Man people are really lowering their standards for threads these days.
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Box
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BacktotheFuture wrote: Man people are really lowering their standards for threads these days. 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...
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publicenemy#1
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Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg...
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!
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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What a fake name. That's even faker than ramalamadingdong and Tara Reid.
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torrino
College Boy T
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 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.
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Groucho
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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."
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
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Location: In good ol' Mexico
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wow! :? :?
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