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    Re: Bizzah weatheh —Dave Schuler
   (...) 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! (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
   
        Re: Bizzah weatheh —Shiri Dori
   (...) ROFL! That's hilarious! -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
   
        Re: Bizzah weatheh —Matthew Wilkins
   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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
   
        Re: Bizzah weatheh —Shiri Dori
   (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
 

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