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If you're interested in participating drop off your original writing to Ms. Witt in the Jr. High Library. BooksDid you know? Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg has the longest place-name in North America. Its name is Nipmuc (Algonquian) for “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle.” Many people can't pronounce even the shortened version, so they call it Lake Webster.
Did you know? Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg has the longest place-name in North America. Its name is Nipmuc (Algonquian) for “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle.” Many people can't pronounce even the shortened version, so they call it Lake Webster.
Did you know? Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg has the longest place-name in North America. Its name is Nipmuc (Algonquian) for “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle.” Many people can't pronounce even the shortened version, so they call it Lake Webster. BooksFamous Massachusettsans, Bay Staters, Massachusites:
"Massachusetts: Famous People." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2018, https://online.culturegrams.com/states/state_famouspeople.php?sid=21&sn=Massachusetts&StateSubCatID=7. |
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