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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 1

The words 'Mississippi' and 'Tennessee' scare me slightly. Way too many repeated vowels, and a very low score for consonant-diversity!

Be kind, Paul. I still haven't learned the entire alphabet yet.

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The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
The words 'Mississippi' and 'Tennessee' scare me slightly. Way too many repeated vowels, and a very low score for consonant-diversity!
Be kind, Paul. I still haven't learned the entire alphabet yet.

Plus, the word fright coming from a guy who lives in a land with names like Tauranga, Rotorua, Paihia...

Where was Old Zealand, by the way?

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The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
The words 'Mississippi' and 'Tennessee' scare me slightly. Way too many repeated vowels, and a very low score for consonant-diversity!
Be kind, Paul. I still haven't learned the entire alphabet yet.

Ya think he'd be safer in a place like Arkansas? 😛

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 4

Or Alabama?

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 5

And what about those Midwestern States... Ohio... Iowa? Talk about consonant-challenged.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 6

jcrawf02 (3/19/2010)
Plus, the word fright coming from a guy who lives in a land with names like Tauranga, Rotorua, Paihia...

Let us not forget aumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-a-Tamatea-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu.

Anyone wondering how to pronounce it may hear it said here: http://www.korero.maori.nz/resources/map.html

I am actually not too scared of vowels - my nearest big town is Paraparaumu!

Where was Old Zealand, by the way?

Oh shush 😀

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 7

Don't forget us here in the Northeastern US -- we have Massachusetts!

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 8

Ray K (3/19/2010)
Don't forget us here in the Northeastern US -- we have Massachusetts!

And in Massachusetts: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

Just in case you ever wondered where Lovecraft came up with all those funky names for his monsters & aliens.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 9

Grant, did you by any chance attend mighty Miskatonic University? Home of the Fightin' Shoggoths?

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The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
Grant, did you by any chance attend mighty Miskatonic University? Home of the Fightin' Shoggoths?

I went to the mighty "GinandTonic". Not sure we had the same curriculum though!!! 😀

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 11

I remember the first time I ever had a gin and tonic. The invitation to go out for happy hour went something like this.

1. Spring is here.

2. When spring comes it rains and the ground thaws.

3. This causes lots of mud and standing water.

4. Mosquitoes breed in mud and standing water.

5. Mosquitoes spread malaria.

6. Quinine is good for malaria.

7. Gin and tonic is the most reliable source of quinine in North Mississippi.

8. We should all go brace ourselves for a potential epidemic.

A couple of hours later, we were all prepared to nominate the invitor for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 12

The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
And what about those Midwestern States... Ohio... Iowa? Talk about consonant-challenged.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 13

The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
Grant, did you by any chance attend mighty Miskatonic University? Home of the Fightin' Shoggoths?

You betcha! I've got the sweatshirt at home. I used to have the bumper sticker on my truck. Not a person has ever questioned it.

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 14

The Dixie Flatline (3/19/2010)
Grant, did you by any chance attend mighty Miskatonic University? Home of the Fightin' Shoggoths?

Hey kids, follow the bouncing ball and chant along with me!

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 15

I can't get that excited about a school whose cheerleaders all resemble Admiral Ackbar... with curls.

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