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Inconceivable! How Could Anyone Misspell That?

By Alex in Book & Lit, Travel & Places on Apr 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm



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We’ve had our share of typsos here on Neatorama, so we understand how misspellings can happen even to the best of us. But misspelling the name of this lake in Webster, Massachusetts? Why, it’s inconceivable how anyone couldn’t spell it correctly:

In an embarrassing mistake, officials in Massachusetts have been forced to admit that some road signs pointing to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg have spelling mistakes in them.

The typos, which are completely baffling considering how easy it is to spell Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, were revealed by a local newspaper, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, which has been covering the misspelling scandal since 2003.

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  1. Mouserz
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    You must be a complete moron to miss spell THAT.

  2. earl
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Does anyone know what it means?

  3. beckster
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I believe it means "I fish on my side of the lake, you fish on your side and the fish fish in the middle."

    We just call it Webster Lake.

  4. david23456
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    the newspapers been investigating this for six years? Dear lord, they need something better to write about.

  5. pax
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Ah, we wouldn't notice it really.

  6. Gordontoo
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Try this one, it's a village in Wales.
    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

  7. DaveL
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Every sign in Finland looked like this when I was there.

  8. Kalel
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Ah, so it's spelled just as it sounds.

    I sense here the work of an antidisestablishmentarian cell.

  9. SenorMysterioso
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    Nipmuck = television series on FX

  10. Wickedpinto
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    Ever think that maybe certain people with tribal identities are just taking white guilt to a ridiculous level of sarcastic humor?

  11. Christophe
    Apr 21st, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Webster, MA.
    Is that where they print the dictionaries? :D

  12. v.dog
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 am

    How about this one:
    Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw henuakitanatahu
    It's a hill in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

  13. v.dog
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 am

    word wrapping broke it, it's meant to be one word:
    Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-
    whenuakitanatahu

  14. S.O.S.
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 4:35 am

    Theres No exkuse fer mispeling anithing now that wevve gott spellchek on hour commputrs.

  15. vrmmff
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 am

    It's actually spelled "Featherstonehaugh" and it is pronounced, "Fanshaw"

  16. lobrien
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    I was told it means "You fish on your side of the lake, I'll fish on my side of the lake, and nobody fish in the middle". The original sign for this lake is hanging in the basement of a certain fraternity house I know. Pilfered many years ago. When I was a pledge, I was forced to remember how to pronounce the damn name and describe what it meant ad infinitum.

  17. edc1234
    Apr 22nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    typsos?

    thats on purpose, to make us laugh, right?

  18. Johnny Cat
    Apr 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 am

    I'm laughing on the inside.

  19. Bobo
    Apr 23rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    pfft! that's what spellcheck's for!

  20. Ajan
    Apr 27th, 2009 at 3:26 am

    WOW!! That's some way to attract the tourists..

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