Inconceivable! How Could Anyone Misspell That? - Neatorama

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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.

You must be a complete moron to miss spell THAT.

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Does anyone know what it means?

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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.

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

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Ah, we wouldn't notice it really.

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

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

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

I sense here the work of an antidisestablishmentarian cell.

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Nipmuck = television series on FX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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typsos?

thats on purpose, to make us laugh, right?

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I'm laughing on the inside.

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pfft! that's what spellcheck's for!

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

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