Tuesday, November 13, 2007

I bet you can't say this three times fast!

I found this picture while watching the uploads at
http://play.blogger.com/ and couldn't resist reposting it to my blog.
Try saying it's name 3x fast! I did some research and found that this lake is located in Massachusetts and has an alternate name of Lake Webster. Here is some more info about the lake I found...

Name: Lake Chaubunagungamaug (official name), Lake Webster (local name), Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (Guinness Book Listing)
Class: Lake
Size: 3 mi long and 1 mi wide
History: According to Wise Owl, chief of the Chaubunagungamaug band of Nipmucks, Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is an Indian word for a neutral fishing place near a boundary, or a meeting and fishing spot shared by several Indian tribes. The name translates loosely as either "the boundary lake" or "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle." In 1642, Woodward and Saffery, the first surveyors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, called it "The Great Pond." In 1645, Connecticut Governor John Winthrop called it "The Lakes of Quabage." In a 1707 survey, John Chandler recorded the name as "Chaubunnagungamoug."
Description: Located just east of the community of Webster in the Town of Webster. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the name Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the fifth longest word in the world and the longest lake name anywhere (The Boston Globe, 1992). The lake is comprised of three ponds joined by two narrow channels.

I bet that was more than you ever wanted to know :)

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