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  Re: Bizzah weatheh
 
(...) was (...) I've mentioned this elsewhere, but this is one of very few towns whose name is routinely mispronounced by (some of) the native inhabitants, ie: Picksburgh. Ah, those crazy Appalachian appellations! Dave! (24 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: Bizzah weatheh
 
(...) ROFL! That's hilarious! -Shiri (24 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: Bizzah weatheh
 
At least you don't live in a city where 99% of the residents can't pronounce any of the local place names! Par example: The name of the major river that runs through Portland (aka "poreland" or "fartland, boregon") is properly called the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 
  Re: Bizzah weatheh
 
(...) Yeah.... I consider myself lucky for living in Israel most of my life... a place where spelling is simple and generally phonetical! Sure, the male/female thing is tough to grasp for an outsider, but easy when you learn it that way. The only (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)

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