Post #187788 by alohabros on Tue, Sep 20, 2005 2:59 PM

A alohabros Member westernus Joined: Feb 04, 2004 Posts: 533	A alohabros Posted posted on Tue, Sep 20, 2005 2:59 PM On 2005-09-17 03:38, Humuhumu wrote: There was a town in Alaska named Ptarmigan, after the bird. The people in the town had enough trouble with the silent p, either with spelling/pronouncing it themselves, or with others not from the town, that they gave up and renamed the town Chicken, Alaska.... ... there are those that can only pronounce "albuquerque" as "albucornhole"... ... this is true...