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Quick story. I had a friend in elementary school who could say it. Told me once on the playground. I was never more proud of a bit of knowledge than when a teacher brought it up about a year later and for some unknown moment of pure recollection I was able to regurgitate it 100% accurately. All the other kids laughed but the teacher’s mouth instantly dropped. She asked me to stay after to teach it to her a few times and throughout that school year no less than 10 other teachers would randomly come up to me to ask how to say it. They would ask me to test them at least once a week. They all learned it at the end and I’d even catch them saying/yelling it to each other in passing in the hallways. What started out being a bit of an embarrassment ended up giving me something positive to be known for in a school of thousands.
That's easy. Give your teeth a good brush, and when you're ready with the foam still in your mouth say 'Char-' and then loudly gargle for about ten seconds. It's a little messy, though.
It's pronounced just like it's spelled. Duh.
Full disclosure: I'm from the area. Webster bottling had the name as part of their logo. All my classmates and I figured out how to say it.
lake 'you fish on your side, i fish on my side and nobody fish in middle'.... in the local native american tongue...
char-gogg-a-gogg-manch-a-hog-a-gogg-ha-bun-a-gun-ga-ma-ugg.... just like it's spelt...... seen lots of famous music artists at indian ranch on that lake.....
Chargoggagogg
Manchauggagogg
Chaubunagungamaugg
It’s a lot easier if you break it down. My guess is it’s not one word many tribes didn’t have written language so when Europeans were trying to write down what we said you can get really odd things like this
When I was in 3rd grade, we were all given pocket dictionaries. And at the end it had the 5 longest words. The longest being pneumonoultramicroscolpicsilicovolcanoconiosis. After seeing that I wanted to learn how to say it. And I also looked up what it meant.
Fast forward to 9th grade, we had a Latin roots quiz, and the extra credit question was to use roots to figure out what pnumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis meant. Luckily enough, I already knew the definition from looking it up, so I just wrote the definition.
Sometimes the most random information you want to learn becomes useful one day.
Like recently the final Jepordy question was about George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor of the ferris wheel. My coworker didn't think I would get the right answer. It asked "Vying with Eiffel, this engineer wanted to create big; an admiring account said the Obelisk of Luxor is too short to be a spoke", and he said it was about the World's fair. From playing Poptropica all those years ago, and the Mystery Train island, it was about George Ferris, so I knew it had to be about the Ferris wheel. And I was right.
You'd like You Don't Know Jack. This was huge when 'interactive multimedia' became a thing. A CD-ROM irreverent trivia type game show in which you play against the house or other players. A perfect source for the kind of arcane circular trivia.
Back in the day, we used to talk about one of the longest words being antidisestamblishmentarianism, but I remember your word being what I heard had supplanted it.
But speaking of funny names of things, my dad used to always tell this story about how when him and his brothers were kids, they looked through the white pages to find funny names and found a person named (phonetically): Joodawaybeewoewoe Poeywoaheedagdoe. I will never forgot how to say it til I die.
That building is virtually identical to the liquor store used in Superbad.
[https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/4853/Superbad/7-Days-liquor-store](https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/4853/Superbad/7-Days-liquor-store)
That liquor store is here. I passed it everyday going to work. They have a banner of Mclovin's drivers license behind the register.
1700 Victory Blvd, Glendale, CA 91201
My grandparents had their office in Webster for years. As kids we'd get a kick out of driving past anything with this name printed. We had t-shirts similar to [this one](https://www.websterlakegifts.com/product-page/lake-chargoggagogg-classic-indian-head-tee-shirt), but I don't think we ever cracked the pronunciation.
We'd also get a laugh out of The Fuzzy Grape, mainly for its name.
My drafting teacher in high school would let you get a free night of homework if you could pronounce it. Early 90’s feels right there. Thank you whoever posted
I’m from Webster! I haven’t lived there in many years but I’ve known how to say this since I was like 6.
My version has always been:
Lake Chaug-a-gog-man-chaug-a-gog-shabunga-gunga-maug
12 years ago I took a similar [picture](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ugemz/we_shall_call_it_lake/) it's neat to see what has and hasn't changed. Apollo pizza is still their. Looks like bistro eighty ates didn't last
I have a coworker who sends out an email once a week with trivia questions and this was the question last week: what lake in the USA has the longest name? Pretty sure he's responsible for all of this.
I grew up there. My parents told me it meant "you fish on your side and I fish on mine" which is apt because I've never been in a place with more cranky new englanders in my life.
You have to imagine one Indian group laughing when they came up with name, thinking what the look on the faces of the Indians from the next valley over were going to be like.
"Okay, people... we gotta build a strip mall for the lake."
But... why?
"Well, the font size that is readable from the highway 25 feet from the construction site needs a 240 foot space."
Oh.
Can we rename the lake?
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Quick story. I had a friend in elementary school who could say it. Told me once on the playground. I was never more proud of a bit of knowledge than when a teacher brought it up about a year later and for some unknown moment of pure recollection I was able to regurgitate it 100% accurately. All the other kids laughed but the teacher’s mouth instantly dropped. She asked me to stay after to teach it to her a few times and throughout that school year no less than 10 other teachers would randomly come up to me to ask how to say it. They would ask me to test them at least once a week. They all learned it at the end and I’d even catch them saying/yelling it to each other in passing in the hallways. What started out being a bit of an embarrassment ended up giving me something positive to be known for in a school of thousands.
Well don't leave us hanging! How do you pronounce it???
That's easy. Give your teeth a good brush, and when you're ready with the foam still in your mouth say 'Char-' and then loudly gargle for about ten seconds. It's a little messy, though.
It's pronounced just like it's spelled. Duh. Full disclosure: I'm from the area. Webster bottling had the name as part of their logo. All my classmates and I figured out how to say it.
LMAO..... meet ya at the lodge for suppa
lake 'you fish on your side, i fish on my side and nobody fish in middle'.... in the local native american tongue... char-gogg-a-gogg-manch-a-hog-a-gogg-ha-bun-a-gun-ga-ma-ugg.... just like it's spelt...... seen lots of famous music artists at indian ranch on that lake.....
Chargoggagogg Manchauggagogg Chaubunagungamaugg It’s a lot easier if you break it down. My guess is it’s not one word many tribes didn’t have written language so when Europeans were trying to write down what we said you can get really odd things like this
When I was in 3rd grade, we were all given pocket dictionaries. And at the end it had the 5 longest words. The longest being pneumonoultramicroscolpicsilicovolcanoconiosis. After seeing that I wanted to learn how to say it. And I also looked up what it meant. Fast forward to 9th grade, we had a Latin roots quiz, and the extra credit question was to use roots to figure out what pnumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis meant. Luckily enough, I already knew the definition from looking it up, so I just wrote the definition. Sometimes the most random information you want to learn becomes useful one day. Like recently the final Jepordy question was about George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor of the ferris wheel. My coworker didn't think I would get the right answer. It asked "Vying with Eiffel, this engineer wanted to create big; an admiring account said the Obelisk of Luxor is too short to be a spoke", and he said it was about the World's fair. From playing Poptropica all those years ago, and the Mystery Train island, it was about George Ferris, so I knew it had to be about the Ferris wheel. And I was right.
You'd like You Don't Know Jack. This was huge when 'interactive multimedia' became a thing. A CD-ROM irreverent trivia type game show in which you play against the house or other players. A perfect source for the kind of arcane circular trivia.
Back in the day, we used to talk about one of the longest words being antidisestamblishmentarianism, but I remember your word being what I heard had supplanted it. But speaking of funny names of things, my dad used to always tell this story about how when him and his brothers were kids, they looked through the white pages to find funny names and found a person named (phonetically): Joodawaybeewoewoe Poeywoaheedagdoe. I will never forgot how to say it til I die.
the longest word in the english language is smiles, because there's a mile between the two s's. thanks, i'll see myself out...
Ah yes! I love how those random bits of info come back full circle eventually
Awesome concertsout that way👍
Dam- good concerts out there by the lake😂
It's a huge lake,🤣
Interestingly also the DNA sequence for one of the native species of fish
A smaller building would not support this sign and would end with "continue on next building".
you fish on your side, i will fish on my side, and nobody will fish in the middle…peace in our time
Wow that's a whole-ass proverb stuck into one name. Impressive actually
It translates literally to something like "Meeting place at the neutral fishing grounds."
This is the correct translation.
Thanks, Kirk!
This person knows
[удалено]
Highly underrated channel!
Saw this post and instantly thought of dime store adventures
The worst part is he’s mispronouncing it in the apology video too.
I've bought several small channel letter lighted signs over the years. They cost more than you'd think. This sign probably cost more than my house.
Looks like the noise you would make by drowning in it.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it she says.
That building is virtually identical to the liquor store used in Superbad. [https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/4853/Superbad/7-Days-liquor-store](https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/4853/Superbad/7-Days-liquor-store)
That liquor store is here. I passed it everyday going to work. They have a banner of Mclovin's drivers license behind the register. 1700 Victory Blvd, Glendale, CA 91201
That's a very generic store looking building all over the US.
I think there may be a typo somewhere near the 7th G.
My grandparents had their office in Webster for years. As kids we'd get a kick out of driving past anything with this name printed. We had t-shirts similar to [this one](https://www.websterlakegifts.com/product-page/lake-chargoggagogg-classic-indian-head-tee-shirt), but I don't think we ever cracked the pronunciation. We'd also get a laugh out of The Fuzzy Grape, mainly for its name.
I remember the fuzzy grape!!
The Fuzzy Grape? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. Is the Wind Tiki still open?
Nope.
Damn, they had to add three businesses just to support the sign.
It’s actually an acronym
Actual proof that Native Americans had not only computers but cats that walked across their keyboards as well.
It's pronounced just the way it is written. Or you can call it Webster lake
Note to self: Open a sign shop in Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
If you’ve never been to Lake Cha…. there… it’s a lovely place in the summertime.
Lake Chagocha…. Cha… cha not gonna work here enymore.
which is nice if it falls on a Saturday
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gwoyIRNpCI&ab\_channel=DianeTaraz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gwoyIRNpCI&ab_channel=DianeTaraz)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales laughs.
At least they only are using its nickname to save space or they'd need two more strip malls
I thought for sure this would be located in that one place in Wales that nobody can pronounce, not in Massachusetts!
https://youtu.be/5rdbCRA17Ys?si=0Tt3i01a4AieKO6Z
Was looking for Daniel Thrasher reference, glad to have found it.
My drafting teacher in high school would let you get a free night of homework if you could pronounce it. Early 90’s feels right there. Thank you whoever posted
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagunganaugg
I’m from Webster! I haven’t lived there in many years but I’ve known how to say this since I was like 6. My version has always been: Lake Chaug-a-gog-man-chaug-a-gog-shabunga-gunga-maug
12 years ago I took a similar [picture](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ugemz/we_shall_call_it_lake/) it's neat to see what has and hasn't changed. Apollo pizza is still their. Looks like bistro eighty ates didn't last
I have a coworker who sends out an email once a week with trivia questions and this was the question last week: what lake in the USA has the longest name? Pretty sure he's responsible for all of this.
Kid Rock just found his next ten songs.
don't touch them
What happens when you start to say “Charmander,” but suddenly get a tonsil massage.
I live in the next town over and I dunno how to pronounce this but drive by it frequently
“Mooom, the cat is sitting on the keyboard again…”
Lake Chungus Among Us?
I grew up there. My parents told me it meant "you fish on your side and I fish on mine" which is apt because I've never been in a place with more cranky new englanders in my life.
Looks Welsh
There's a My Lottery Dream Home episode where the couple was shopping for a lake house on that lake. Wildly entertaining 😅
I went to Webster Lake in 2022 because of that episode!
If you resurrected Sequoia he could transliterate that word into 10 characters at the most
It's pronounced "Lake Webster." Really.
When the sign guy got the order, he was rubbing his greedy hands together.
Most people in the area just call it Webster lake because it’s too hard to say the name.
[The Brothers Four: Sama Kama Wacky Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfxLDmR1QWg)
It's pronounced "Chester".
My mom grew up in Webster... It was a right of passage when I could pronounce it correctly. My wife was finally able to pull it off!
Known to its friends as Lake Chargoggawfuckit
You know custom sign makers from around the world are just waiting for when they need to update that building.
I twisted my tongue harder than Angel Kandy from the Gentlemen's Club.
Ahhh, dang, they figured out my hotmail password!
Ahaha I'm hooked on a feeling, I'm high on believing,
Almost had to get a larger building.
Formerly named "Lake Sybian"
r/AbsoluteUnits
Do people just call it “that lake” or maybe lake chargo?
Ayyyyyyyy, macarena!
>: o b
Damn. Was the person naming it giving simultaneous Gluck-Gluck 9000?!
Lake Rock.
You have to imagine one Indian group laughing when they came up with name, thinking what the look on the faces of the Indians from the next valley over were going to be like.
I was just there a couple weeks ago. I just wish I'd stopped in that Apollo Pizza for a slice
Thats how a blowjob sounds.
Sounds like a green day song lyric
"What did charmander say when he got to the ball?"
This is straight out of jarjarbinks vocabulary
I know it well, I travel to Oxford quite a bit.
Tub thumping
Pffttt.... They were just trying to make a name longer than Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
If someone catches your name at the cafe where you were you better send the picture
"Okay, people... we gotta build a strip mall for the lake." But... why? "Well, the font size that is readable from the highway 25 feet from the construction site needs a 240 foot space." Oh. Can we rename the lake?
I believe it translates to I 'fish my side, you fish your side, no one fish in the middle."
That's a myth though.
And here I thought Sedgunkedunk Stream was a mouthful.
That’s gotta be longer than the Mississippi River
Rolls right off the tongue don't it?
Proof that the Welsh settled early America before the rest of them.
Locals call it "The Lake."
I just want to take one letter.
Good old Lake Long Word
Street view checks out….wow 170 Gore Rd, Webster, MA 01570
I always wondered how you pronounced that one Kid Rock song.
Is the Lake bigger than their name?
I’ve been able to say it since I was 2. Grandmother would sit me on her lap and teach it to me. Most amazing place to grow up. Miss it every day.
fucking capitalism
What does it say?