Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts

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Lake with 45-letter name has spelling errors
The central Mass. lake has one of the world's longest place names
Associated Press


WEBSTER, Mass. - Officials have agreed to correct spelling errors in road signs pointing to a central Massachusetts lake with a 45-letter name.

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster has one of the world's longest place names. It's been spelled many different ways over the years. Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster.

But after researching historical spelling combinations, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester said local Chamber of Commerce officials agreed that some signs were wrong. There was an "o" at letter 20 where a "u" should have been, and an "h" at letter 38 where an "n" should go.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30312971/?GT1=43001

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Knowing about those errors

has kept me awake at night for years.

[Better Believe It]

2. If I quickly repeat the name 50 times it helps me go to sleep at night

Better than counting sheep.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. By the time you finished it would be time to get up.

[Better Believe It]

30. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Hill

There is a hill near Porangahau in New Zealand based on a Maori name.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Hill near Porangahau, New Zealand.

The name translates to "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as the land-eater, played his flute for his loved one."

[elleng]

3. Thought THIS was long!

http://magogquebec.homestead.com/

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. It's Bill Clinton's fault.

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

13. Well, to be more specific, it's Clenis' fault.

:P

[Mojambo]

5. It's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove. n/t

[hootinholler]

23. LOL

:rofl:

-Hoot

[KansDem]

7. Local law enforcement can use this name to check for drunk driving by having drivers recite it.

I'll bet their jails would be full...

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. If you get it right, you're tanked.

[Poiuyt]

8. No wonder I got lost trying to find it.

[SurfingScientist]

9. QUICK!!! Post that over at Freeperland!!! Trying to spell THIS...

... will send their brains into instant meltdown!!! :rofl:

:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

19. Please. They have a problem spelling "Lake". nt

[Reterr]

20. Overkill-anything beyond cat or dog should suffice.eom

[McCamy Taylor]

10. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[TheCoxwain]

12. Hell i thought your keyboard keys got stuck.

[Bicoastal]

14. The Indians came up with these words just to mess with us.

"OK, White Tail, this is gonna be hilarious. When he asks me what our lake is called, I'm going to say "Lake..." and then make this long, drawn-out choking sound. Do you think they'll believe me?"

"No way! Not even the White Man is that gullible!"

[Withywindle]

15. We can call it Lake Chuggo for short. n/t

[kanrok]

16. There's a great story behind the name

Really it's just an old Nipmuc joke.

It's actually the sound you make when you drown in the lake.

[Berry Cool]

17. This was originally the word that was going to be in the Mary Poppins song.

Oh, Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Even though the sound of it is something like an ugly bug,
If you say it loud enough you'll always sound so very smug,
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg!

[Robb]

18. "Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster."

Quitters. :rofl:

[Reterr]

21. Wtf? So the others call it by its actual name?

:rofl:

[Sisaruus]

22. I can say it (fast) without even looking at the spelling

But I grew up nearby.

[Better Believe It]

24. You grew up in Wuuuustir, Massachusetts?

[Sisaruus]

25. Just down the road in Connecticut

Spent plenty of time at Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

[babylonsister]

26. Rachel just covered this, and I laughed. Sent it to some relatives

in or from MA.

[Dr. Strange]

27. Idiots.

Didn't they learn this in grade school:
"ao" before "gg" except after "ch", in which case it becomes "au".

[BlooInBloo]

28. If it's transliterated, there's no such thing as "correct spelling"....

Except as is inconsistent with the correct pronunciation.

[flvegan]

29. To pronounce properly, that's even better.

Native = me. Grew up talking about it.

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31. Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthan ....

iburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit, Thailand

Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit,Thailand.

Most of the world refers to this city as Bangkok, Thailand.

These 155 letters which truly create longest place name in the world, translates to "The land of angels, the great city of immortality, of devine gems, the great angelic land unconquerable land of nine nobel gems, the royal city, a pleasant capital place of the Royal Palace, eternal land of angels and reincarnated spirits predestined and created by the highest Devas."