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Ilsa

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32. A version of the same joke in Texas for forty-plus years, I guess.

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:46 PM

20 hrs ago

Only the town the travelers stopped in was Waxahatchie (pronounced Wocks-a-hach-ee, IIRC), and the server replies in her slow southern, Texas drawl, "Dairrr-eee Queeeennn."

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Haha those are hilarious! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #15

So glad to see you back! Rhiannon12866 22 hrs ago #28

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Agree, Siwsan, being Welsh must be fun and tongue twisting. Polly Hennessey Yesterday #16

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Because of my surname, which is VERY common in Wales, everyone I met said I might be a cousin Siwsan Yesterday #22

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That's actually pretty easy to pronounce..... lastlib 20 hrs ago #34

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Knowing Wales DFW Yesterday #24

1992 in Cardiff IronLionZion Yesterday #26

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Not to be outdone by the Welsh, Massachusetts has its own entry: Totally Tunsie 21 hrs ago #30

If the native Americans had ever had phonetic written languages DFW 5 hrs ago #40

A version of the same joke in Texas for forty-plus years, I guess. Ilsa 20 hrs ago #32

Been around in Texas for a very long time. Name of the town differs. efhmc 6 hrs ago #38

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I thought Germans coined long words, Lionel Mandrake 17 hrs ago #35

Germans are amateurs compared to the Welsh and the Finns. DFW 5 hrs ago #39

I was there in 1982 mcar 3 hrs ago #41