Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts, has the longest location name in the U.S. The 45-letter name is hard to spell and it’s even harder to pronounce.
We asked a few experts how to say Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, and here is how they pronounced the name:
Want to try to say it yourself? If you sound out each syllable, it’s a lot easier to pronounce. Just put the emphasis before each slash:
Char-gogg/a-gogg/man-chaugg/a-gogg/chau-bun/a-gun/ga-maugg
Still too hard? The 45-letter word is sometimes shortened to the more manageable Lake Chaubunagungamaug. Or you can just call it Webster Lake.
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I was told that it meant: “You fish on your side, I fish on my side and no one fishes in the middle”
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I love saying Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
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Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamuagg is a very long name for a lake even it is Nipmuc and it is translated by “you fish on your side eye fish on my side nobody fishes in the middle”.
still very, very confused. why did I even click on this article in the first place?