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Old 28-December-2007, 08:19 PM
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You know me and my news stories. Well, I promise not to complain about this one; it's just so weird I had to post it.

Dog Collision Kills Pet At Sequim Off-Leash Park

Okay, that's got to be a poorly written headline, right? It can't possibly be what it sounds like...but it is.

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SEQUIM, Wash. -- A greyhound was fatally injured in a collision with another dog at the off-leash park in Sequim.
It was running "really fast" (Greyhound, duh) and ran into another dog. I can't imagine, as my two dogs slam into eachother all the time...particularly when there's full cups of things to knock off the coffee table, and they never get hurt.

Musta been quite a sight, unless you were the owners of said dead dog. Name the next one Kazi.
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Old 28-December-2007, 08:23 PM
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Incidentally, it's pronounced "Squim," as though the "e" isn't there. (It's on a list of "You Know You're from Washington If . . ." pronunciations. Like "Puyallup.")
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Old 28-December-2007, 08:49 PM
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Interesting, I was pronouncing it (in my head, so with a silly french accent) Seh-quee-um. But then again, I'm not from (nor ever been to) Washington... unless you count Washington, PA.
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Old 29-December-2007, 01:25 AM
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I believe it's a S'Klallam word, originally. I've no idea what it means. Back home, the interesting place names were all Spanish; I knew what those meant. Up here, it's a good day when you can pronounce them all.
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Yeah. Guess how to pronounce "Champoeg" down here Oregon way.

Although Washington has some excellent ones. I wouldn't mind having Humptulips in my return address.
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Old 29-December-2007, 05:22 AM
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Few people far from Lon Geyeland know how to pronounce Hauppauge properly.

The most recent "headline" that wins some kind of award for something rather disgusting and unnecessary would be the first capsule in this list from CNN:

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Old 29-December-2007, 06:06 AM
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Few people far from Lon Geyeland know how to pronounce Hauppauge
I've never seen or heard that word, so I couldn't have been saying or hearing it wrong!... unless you mean "Hauppage", the name of a company that makes computer parts & software for watching & recording TV on the computer instead of with a separate TV & DVR. (How is either one pronounced on the Island of Misfit Speech?)
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Old 29-December-2007, 07:10 AM
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On the subject of oddly-pronounced place names, I've found that many people don't know how to pronounce the capital of South Dakota.

Despite the spelling, it's pronounced "peer," not "pee-air."
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I've never seen or heard that word, so I couldn't have been saying or hearing it wrong!... unless you mean "Hauppage", the name of a company that makes computer parts & software for watching & recording TV on the computer instead of with a separate TV & DVR. (How is either one pronounced on the Island of Misfit Speech?)
One and the same.
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On the subject of oddly-pronounced place names, I've found that many people don't know how to pronounce the capital of South Dakota.

Despite the spelling, it's pronounced "peer," not "pee-air."
It figures someone from Sow-wix City would know that.
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We're referring to Lawn Guyland, I assume?
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We're referring to Lawn Guyland, I assume?
Yeah, but from the North Shore, not the South Shore down around Massapequa. More Connecticut influence on the North Shore, more B'ooklyn and Joisey on the South.
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It figures someone from Sow-wix City would know that.
It's "sye-ox."

More importantly, it's Falls not City. Sewer Ci..., I mean, Sioux City is a completely different place.
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Old 29-December-2007, 09:45 PM
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It's "sye-ox."
Sow-wicks is how it was pronounced in CT back in the 50s. Along with that Kosher Kasanovaesque-kharacter, Don Jew-won.
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More importantly, it's Falls not City. Sewer Ci..., I mean, Sioux City is a completely different place.
It's not my fault that Sioux whatever is in decline. Hopefully after it falls, it will get up, brush itself off, and find that upswing.

As those with nautical knowledge say, if you're going to "pee-air", make sure you know which way the wind is blowing.

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Here's another one, the headline kinda says it all:
Fire Department Burns Down

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A board member of the Pickering Fire Department in Nodaway County said the building is a total loss, and at least $100,000 worth of fire trucks and equipment burned up.
Woops.
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Here's another one, the headline kinda says it all:
You aint kidding...there's not much more than the headline itself.

$100,000 in trucks and equipment? that sounds rather low. Isn't your average fire truck in the 6 figure cost catagory?

And; was it an "inhabited" fire station?
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From the ammount of damage given, I'd guess that this was a volunteer department. It would be easy enough to look it up and find out for sure, but I'm lazy and don't really care. The humor is in the "Fire station totaled by fire", not in the details
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The humor is in the "Fire station totaled by fire", not in the details
That's also my point. If they gave the details, it would subtract from the impact of thier story. Yes; a small isolated garage holding a pickup truck with hoses, a water tank, and a pump for a volunteer fire department would be fatal details for the story.

And; I am lazy too, but I'm also curious.
Here's some stats
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Number of Volunteer Firefighters:0
Number of Paid per Call Firefighters:0
Non-Firefighting Employees:0
Non-Firefighting Volunteers:20
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Number of Volunteer Firefighters:0
Number of Paid per Call Firefighters:0
Non-Firefighting Employees:0
Non-Firefighting Volunteers:20
So how would that be a fire station?
To me it sounds like a social club that doubled for a garage for a firetruck.
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