01-21-2021, 11:36 AM
(01-21-2021, 11:03 AM)JJJ Wrote:(01-21-2021, 10:32 AM)Papa John Wrote:With apologies to your son for bursting his bubble, and I know you know this already, the pronunciation is more like “Po-o-po-o” (4 syllables). But appetizers are called pupus. :)(01-21-2021, 09:50 AM)Phogge Wrote: There is also a Paris in Texas. However the best town name is Truth or Consequences, NM. Worldwide it’s Knockmealldown, Republic of Ireland.
At the risk of thread drift, much to the delight of my son, there is a Fart, VA and a Poopoo, HI.
No need to apologize, JJJ! My son knows about the pronunciation of poopoo and pupu. It's how it looks on paper. That's why he was also amused at the former name of Fugging, Austria.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)