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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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| | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Dave Schuler
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Eric Joslin
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Mike Zinkowsky
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Eric Joslin
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Geoffrey Hyde
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —Dave Schuler
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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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| | | | | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set —James Powell
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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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