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pjburt is currently offline  pjburt   United States
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Saw this on RVTravel.com and it brought a smile and chuckle to me. Rolling Eyes

A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing a town spelled Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure out how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me, kiss-A-me, kiss-a-ME. They grew more perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they pulled into a place to get something to eat. At the counter the man said to the waitress, "My wife and I can't figure out how to pronounce this place. Will you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand?" The waitress looked at him and said, "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiinnnnng."


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Re: [GMCnet] Maybe a slight chuckle for the day [message #321295 is a reply to message #321283] Sun, 30 July 2017 12:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Richard Denney is currently offline  Richard Denney   United States
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An old, old joke. I first heard it as an Aggie joke where the town was
Mexia, Texas (halfway from College Station to Dallas) and the restaurant
was Daaaaiiiiireeee Queeeeen.

Rick "it's 'Muh-HAY-a', by the way" Denney

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 12:12 PM Jerry Burt wrote:

> Saw this on RVTravel.com and it brought a smile and chuckle to me. :roll:
>
> A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing a
> town spelled Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure
> out how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me, kiss-A-me, kiss-a-ME. They grew more
> perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they pulled
> into a place to get something to eat. At the counter the man said to the
> waitress, "My wife and I can't figure out how to pronounce this place. Will
> you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand?"
> The waitress looked at him and said, "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiinnnnng."
> --
> Patti & Jerry Burt
> 73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands -
> 77 Palm Beach
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Re: [GMCnet] Maybe a slight chuckle for the day [message #321310 is a reply to message #321295] Sun, 30 July 2017 16:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
k2gkk is currently offline  k2gkk   United States
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How did Mexia, which would be pronounced meh-hee-uh in Spanish become muh-hay-uh?

D C "Mac" Macdonald
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Since 30 November '53
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An old, old joke. I first heard it as an Aggie joke where the town was
Mexia, Texas (halfway from College Station to Dallas) and the restaurant
was Daaaaiiiiireeee Queeeeen.

Rick "it's 'Muh-HAY-a', by the way" Denney

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 12:12 PM Jerry Burt wrote:

> Saw this on RVTravel.com and it brought a smile and chuckle to me. :roll:
>
> A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing a
> town spelled Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure
> out how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me, kiss-A-me, kiss-a-ME. They grew more
> perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they pulled
> into a place to get something to eat. At the counter the man said to the
> waitress, "My wife and I can't figure out how to pronounce this place. Will
> you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand?"
> The waitress looked at him and said, "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiinnnnng."
> --
> Patti & Jerry Burt
> 73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands -
> 77 Palm Beach
> Members: FMCA - GMCMI - GMCWS - Pacific Cruisers - 49ers

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Re: [GMCnet] Maybe a slight chuckle for the day [message #321329 is a reply to message #321310] Sun, 30 July 2017 19:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Richard Denney is currently offline  Richard Denney   United States
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Standard Texas gringo-mouth--the same that makes "Manchaca" sound like
"man-chack" and "Llano"--"yah-no"--sound like "land-o" without the "d".

Rick "not sure I've heard much better from north of the Red River, to be
honest" Denney

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 5:11 PM D C _Mac_ Macdonald
wrote:

> How did Mexia, which would be pronounced meh-hee-uh in Spanish become
> muh-hay-uh?
>
> D C "Mac" Macdonald
> Amateur Radio K2GKK
> Since 30 November '53
> USAF and FAA, Retired
> Member GMCMI and Classics
> Oklahoma City, OK
> "The Money Pit"
> TZE166V101966
> '76 ex-Palm Beach
> k2gkk + hotmail dot com
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Richard
> Denney
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 12:48
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Maybe a slight chuckle for the day
>
> An old, old joke. I first heard it as an Aggie joke where the town was
> Mexia, Texas (halfway from College Station to Dallas) and the restaurant
> was Daaaaiiiiireeee Queeeeen.
>
> Rick "it's 'Muh-HAY-a', by the way" Denney
>
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 12:12 PM Jerry Burt wrote:
>
>> Saw this on RVTravel.com and it brought a smile and chuckle to me.
> :roll:
>>
>> A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing
> a
>> town spelled Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to
> figure
>> out how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me, kiss-A-me, kiss-a-ME. They grew
> more
>> perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they
> pulled
>> into a place to get something to eat. At the counter the man said to the
>> waitress, "My wife and I can't figure out how to pronounce this place.
> Will
>> you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can
> understand?"
>> The waitress looked at him and said, "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiinnnnng."
>> --
>> Patti & Jerry Burt
>> 73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands -
>> 77 Palm Beach
>> Members: FMCA - GMCMI - GMCWS - Pacific Cruisers - 49ers
>
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Re: Maybe a slight chuckle for the day [message #321385 is a reply to message #321283] Mon, 31 July 2017 08:11 Go to previous message
jhbridges is currently offline  jhbridges   United States
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Try the Southeast for fun pronunciation: all-BENNY (Albany GA) HOUSE-ton (Houston County GA) say-REE (Sayre AL) A-rab (Arab AL) are the ones which come to mind immediately. There are way more.

--johnny


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