In article <VqAng.96946$IK3.13691@pd7tw1no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
rights.net says...
> > Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?
> >
> > I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
> > little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.
>
> RI to me is Quahogs...

Interestingly there's great debate over the spelling of Quahog. Some
spell it Quahaug, others Quahog. I'm of the Quahog camp.

> Interestingly there's great debate over the spelling of Quahog. Some
> spell it Quahaug, others Quahog. I'm of the Quahog camp.

Interesting, because I double-checked with Merriam-Webster before I
posted...
They go with Quahog...
Of course, since the word comes from a non-written language (poquaûhock,)
can any spelling be definitive...?

In article >,
T > wrote:

> In article <VqAng.96946$IK3.13691@pd7tw1no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
> rights.net says...
> > > Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?
> > >
> > > I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
> > > little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.
> >
> > RI to me is Quahogs...
>
> Interestingly there's great debate over the spelling of Quahog. Some
> spell it Quahaug, others Quahog. I'm of the Quahog camp.

What about gooeyducks? ;-)
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> What about gooeyducks? ;-)

That's the Pacific...
Pronounced 'gooeyducks'
spelled 'geoducks'

While on the topic of spellings no coinciding with pronunciations...
There is a cove on the central coast of BC named
"Skowquiltz"

Pronounced "Shwilk"

In article <iqDng.94656$iF6.1007@pd7tw2no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
rights.net says...
> > What about gooeyducks? ;-)
>
> That's the Pacific...
> Pronounced 'gooeyducks'
> spelled 'geoducks'
>
> While on the topic of spellings no coinciding with pronunciations...
> There is a cove on the central coast of BC named
> "Skowquiltz"
>
> Pronounced "Shwilk"
>
>
>

Oh damn. Around here we just get names like Woonsocket, Pawtucket,
Woonasquatucket, Moshasuck, Narragansett, etc. Pronounced exactly as
they're spelled.

> Oh damn. Around here we just get names like Woonsocket, Pawtucket,
> Woonasquatucket, Moshasuck, Narragansett, etc. Pronounced exactly as
> they're spelled.

Don't forget Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ...

In article <cdEng.98430$IK3.97540@pd7tw1no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
rights.net says...
> > Oh damn. Around here we just get names like Woonsocket, Pawtucket,
> > Woonasquatucket, Moshasuck, Narragansett, etc. Pronounced exactly as
> > they're spelled.
>
> Don't forget Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ...
>
>
>

Sorry, closest we come to that is Misquamickut.

T wrote:
> In article <cdEng.98430$IK3.97540@pd7tw1no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
> rights.net says...
>>> Oh damn. Around here we just get names like Woonsocket, Pawtucket,
>>> Woonasquatucket, Moshasuck, Narragansett, etc. Pronounced exactly as
>>> they're spelled.
>> Don't forget Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ...
>>
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, closest we come to that is Misquamickut.
>


What about Quonochontaug? (I don't think I spelled that right.)
It triangulates between Misquamicut and Weekapaug.

gloria p
who used to live in Ashaway

"~xy~" > wrote in message
>
> Don't forget Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ...
>
>

I pass it twice a day going to and from work. I use the phonetic spelling,
"Webster Lake"