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"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:399BF4F0.A2B8C3...ich.edu... (...) "bow" ) Having lived in Gloucester for 15 years, and it being where my family have lived for around 300 years, I assure you it's pronounced like Gloss-ter. The (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Jumping into this late... The town of Glouchester MA is also pronounced Gloss-ter. A teacher of mine had an amusing tale of the attempts of some tourists to pronounce it. A man and his wife were arguing over the pronounciation, with the man (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That must be confusing, because Gloucester, MA is pronounced "gloss-ter" as well. :D eric (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Gawd, these Mass-ACHU!!-setts (1) names are confusing in general <grin>... I don't see why they don't just name it Glosster, if that's how they're gonna pronounce it... While we're on it, them British might as well have spelled Boston "Baw- (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0usBJ.72v@lugnet.com... (...) Well, those of us from out of state refer to the drivers in Massachusetts as something entirely different - but that one I can't mention on Lugnet ;-) -- Tim (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I have a friend from MN who visited there and calls it "glow-chester-shire" ("glow" rhyming with "plow"). :-) I think I've also heard Gloucester called "glocks-tah" and "gluss-tah." --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G0uxIx.77J@lugnet.com... (...) "glow-chester-shire" (...) Where in the world does he get -shire from?? Heck, I'm from the midwest too, and I always thought it was glow-chester. Oh well, gotta (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Ugh!! Now that commercial jingle is running thru my head - something something something "Gloucester Fisherman". The only part I remember is "Gloucester Fisherman" and an image of an elderly, gray (light) haired & bearded man with a yellow raincoat (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Well, the Massachusetts drivers are fine, it's the rest of you who don't know how to drive :-) :-) :-) Actually, the Massachusetts driving habits become less scary when you realize that it isn't so much aggressive driving as decisive driving. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Around here, (FNQ, Australia) if you follow someone too closely, you can get booked for tailgating. At night, you have to watch out for inconsiderate so-and-so's who drive up right behind you and blind you with their headlights which always seem to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Worcester gets butchered much more often than Gloucester ;-) Woooster, War-chester, Wuss-stah, ... -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale or trade: (URL) Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G0uxIx.77J@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Massachusetts really isn't that hard a name to remember how to spell. It is spelt just like it sounds just as many Native American names are (at least in New England). Granted its a long name but not real difficult. (...) Well being from New (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Eric Kingsley wrote: <snipped for comedic effect> (...) WWhat is the ssound of a ddoubble letter? Just onedering, John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you think Gloucester and Worcester are bad, you should stay away from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchau...amaugg[1]. eric [1]Yes, it's a real place (near where my Dad grew up), yes, I've been there (last time was the 3rd of July), yes, I can say (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yowza! I'd heard of that place but I never knew if it was real. Not only is it a sesquipedalian monstrosity, but it has 17 g's! Did you type it from memory or did you have to look it up? I don't know any off the top of my head, but I know that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh. I used to be able to do it from memory, but this time I looked it up to be completely sure of the spelling. I do know what it *means* off the top of my head, though (which is something I forgot to mention in the footnote to my last post). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I didn't know the 'English' was so hard to pronounce.... Steve "exhausted my lifetime allotment of pointless LUGNET posts" Bliss (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G0uz1H.E73@lugnet.com... <snip> > Now down here in North Carolina, the locals are so worried about being polite (...) traffic (...) other (...) synch (...) highway (...) something (...) about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:qop1ssgbq48urqd...4ax.com... (...) it (...) Neither did I, until I came here. (...) I guess I'm in the same boat with you Steve, according to some ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Well here too. But it's the sort of charge that tends to only happen in the event of a crash. (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There's a town in Ohio pronounced the same way but actually spelled "Wooster".... (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8s22bf.idt.....bu.edu... (...) Either way, us midwesterners get it right ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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"sheree rosenkrantz" <srosez@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0vx5L.Fy9@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Over here in the Triangle virtually no one is from here. Actually running into a local person (someone who was actually born (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) Oh, you mean like Llanfair PG? I have a platform ticket around here somehere from there. James P (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So how would you pronounce 'Slough' (For our overseas friends, this is a big Industrial town near LLW) Jon (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) You mean like how a snake sloughs its skin? I would say "sloff" with the "o" being a short o as in pot, zot, slot, etc. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Or like a swampy marshy bit of creek (and metaphorically, as in "Slough of Despond")? That's a slough too, pronounced "slau". Or maybe "sloo". I think you can also slough through mud, pronounced the same way. Really, if a word ends in "ough", (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Those of us from surrounding towns call it Web-duh Lake :-) And for those wondering what it means, it means: "You fish on your side of the lake, I'll fish on mine, and nobody fishes in the middle" (yes I'm serious). (...) Mike Z. (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are you sure you're not just mis-hearing the natives? My dad grew up in Oxford (we still have a house up there in my family) and he refers to Webter as "webstah". It should be noted that my father doesn't really bear that bad of a Mass accent, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) the (...) serious). Has anyone ever tried that and lived? :-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) From the Nov. 2000 Fortean Times (a true bastion of responsible journalism): "TONGUE-TWISTER: A referendum has been held over changing the name of Lake Chargoggagogmanchaug...ungamaugg, near Boston, after people got fed up trying to pronounce (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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