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Gloucester MA (was: Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set)
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Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:25:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> 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 pronouncing it glou-chester (where glou
> ryhmes with ow - an exclamation you might make on stepping on some
> LEGO). I forget what the wife was arguing for, but I think it was wrong
> also. They asked the teacher who said "gloss-ter" at which point the man
> triumphantly said to his wife: "see, I told you it was glou-chester."!
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
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 | | Re: Gloucester MA (was: Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set)
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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)
| | | Re: Gloucester MA (was: Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set)
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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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| (...) 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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