Re: State names
Paul A., on host 130.95.128.6
Thursday, April 22, 1999, at 04:22:45
Re: State names posted by Sam on Wednesday, April 21, 1999, at 05:27:51:
> > Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubungagungamaug > > gungabunga, not bungagunga. Get it right. :-) > > Other goodies, though not quite so long: > > - Medawisla (means "lobster") > - Apmoogenegamock ("lake that is crossed") > - Chemquasabamticook (I wish I knew -- this one is COOL sounded out)
...and then, of course, there's the famous village in Wales that I can never remember the name of.
(It translates to something like "Little rock by the river by the church of the lady of the fella who couldn't remember what the place was really called".)
Paul
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