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[GrogNerd]

& if you don't think the refs rig games against the Lions at Texas Stadium...

I'm old enough to remember THIS NOT BEING CALLED pass interference

balance of the universe was restored the following week, when Bryant bobbled a pass, ball touched the ground & it was ruled incomplete. that was a game loser for the 'Girls.

the schadenfreude was delicious that day

 

[day_trippr]

Any day the Cowboys lose is a good day for 'Murrica

 

[jschein]

https://www.visitestespark.com/arti...nnual-frozen-dead-guy-days-festival-for-2024/

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Police Warn that Posting Images of Thieves May Violate Their Privacy Rights

San Francisco dog owner says pet ate opioid-tainted human feces at local park​

 

[Rish]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/14/man-says-living-700-tarantulas-good-mental-health-20112227/

 

[Konadog]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/14/man-says-living-700-tarantulas-good-mental-health-20112227/

Oh HELL NO!

 

[balrog]

His neighbors say he's a nice quiet person who keeps to himself

 

[Kent88]

 

[pvtpublic]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/14/man-says-living-700-tarantulas-good-mental-health-20112227/

700 tarantulas seems daunting until you ask someone to pronounce Gloucestershire properly

 

[McMullan]

His neighbors say he's a nice quiet person who keeps to himself

And now they know and won’t ever be able to sleep or go out in the garden again without getting paranoid about that ‘thing’ crawling up their back. ‘House for sale’ signs ahoy.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

700 tarantulas seems daunting until you ask someone to pronounce Gloucestershire properly

Gloss-te-sh-uh?

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Gloss-ter-sher?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Why do Americans have problems with these words as you must have towns named Gloucester, Worcester, Edinburgh. My family originate from a village in south Cheshire called Cholmondeley but pronounced Chumley.

 

[day_trippr]

I live in Massachusetts where there are both Gloucester and Worcester - and Leominster and Leicester and Scituate and more - which provide endless entertainment from visiting "outtastaters"

 

[sweetcell]

700 tarantulas seems daunting until you ask someone to pronounce Gloucestershire properly

"glaw-sess-ter-shy-ur", just like it's written. rhymes with "war-chest-ter-shy-ur", as in the sauce. easy-peasy!

<hides from the brits>

 

[sweetcell]

Why do Americans have problems with these words as you must have towns named Gloucester, Worcester, Edinburgh. My family originate from a village in south Cheshire called Cholmondeley but pronounced Chumley.

you pretty much answered your own question with that second half... "i come from a village named Bzohxynsquenistershire... it's pronounced "Bob'"

as a former resident of new england, i can confirm that there are many towns with such UK names. i can also confirm that new englanders have their won special ways of slaughtering those names,

 

[Kent88]

Over there

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Let's not undersell some of the city names here in the "new" world. The blending of a number of languages including the native tribes has given us some pretty good ones too.

Anyone want to take a shot at Ypsilanti?

 

[Sailingeric]

Willacoochee, Ga has entered the chat

 

[day_trippr]

The longest lake name in the world is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
It is located in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, USA.

So we have that going for us. Which is nice.

 

[pvtpublic]

I lived in Mass for 6 years, so I got the chance to experience the lack of proper pronunciation/spelling. Wicked pissah, kid

 

[Sailingeric]

And you have Satan's Kingdom!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

And in Wales
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

 

[Sailingeric]

 

[balrog]

Not enough beer in the world, Spleen, to make me want to try pronouncing that one.

 

[McMullan]

Here's a related video about dyslexic towns.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I can pronounce it my mum was Welsh although like me not a Welsh speaker.

 

[Rish]

Some of y'all are just making it up!

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Some of y'all are just making it up!

Nope, TweeBuffelsDoodGeskietMetEenKooelDeurJohannesPretoriusFontein is a real place, we promise it.

 

[McMullan]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68025677