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by Old Uncle Crow
AN Old farmer East of Mankato, Frank Gitter, had a pond in his pasture which (more…)
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by Old Uncle Crow
Here is a link to some useful swearing (more…)
Filed under: The English & American Languages
by Old Uncle Crow
“Roast in Hell!” was (more…)
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by Old Uncle Crow
I just wish I’d written the stuff below FIRST — about some of these OTHER thieving political sonsofbitches! These God-damned Clintons aren’t the ONLY dirty bastards…. (more…)
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by Old Uncle Crow
Here are some links to the subject of unusual names and pronunciations:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/pronoun.html
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/surnames2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_in_English_with_non-intuitive_pronunciations
copyrighted by tio cuervo 16 June 2007
Filed under: The English & American Languages
compiled by Old Uncle Crow
THE Whole topic of oddball names and weird pronunciations of them is a big area of study especially in England. The classic is Featherstonehough — and pronounced “Fenshaw!”
And below, well, here are a whole lot more! (more…)
