Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

[Mark Mandel]

Getting WAY off topic here -- just before the weekend -- there's a different
take on the Mass Pike at http://www.massfilc.org/ (upper right corner of
page).

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> At 4/24/2009 02:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >History and etymology aside, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the
> >local Chamber of Commerce have given the name semiofficial status:
> >
> >
> http://www.websterlakeassociation.com/images/Cropped%20Thompson%20Road%20sign_0008.jpg
> >
> >It isn't going away.
>
> (Mark kindly gives us
> You can use
>    http://tinyurl.com/db8ncg
> instead.)
>
> I thought shorter words always replaced longer ones.  But in any
> case, given the current political/economic climate in Massachusetts
> the Turnpike Authority is likely to go away first.
>
>


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Mark Mandel

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