[78-L] Baroosh

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 22 20:47:32 PST 2013


On 2/22/2013 11:31 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 2/22/2013 9:42 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> On 2/22/2013 10:32 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>>> On 2/22/2013 7:01 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
>>>> My own surname is an issue.  In England it's CHICHester, but we pronounce it CHAIchester, though many Americans use the British pronounciation.  We figure, since we won the Revolution, we can pronounce it any way we want too!  8>) Don
>>>>
>>> Hmf. I thought it was "Chister" as in "Worchester" ("Worster").
>>>
>> But Worcester is pronounced "Wooster" and the sauce is pronounced
>> "Woostersher", although I once heard a waitress call it "Wurchester".
>>
>>
> I think we should leave off ripping on Don's name anymore, lest he start
> working on mine.
>
Especially since in England it would probably be pronounced "Burper".

I still can't figure how they get Featherstonehaugh down to Fanshaw but aren't 
you glad they do, Buddy?

dl




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