Ladytiger
05-02-2003, 12:01 AM
Late one hot morning, two tourists driving through Louisiana saw on
the map that the next logical stop for lunch would be at a town called
Natchitoches. They wondered about the pronounciation, one favoring
NATCH-ee-toe-cheese and the other saying it made more sense as
Natch-eye-TOTT-chez. They stopped at a burger place and went inside
where a fresh-faced girl took their order. One said: "We need somebody
local to settle an argument for us. Could you please pronounce where
we
are... very slowly?"
The girl leaned over the counter so they could watch her lips and
said as distinctly as she could, "Brrrrrr, grrrrrr, Kiiiiiinngg."
the map that the next logical stop for lunch would be at a town called
Natchitoches. They wondered about the pronounciation, one favoring
NATCH-ee-toe-cheese and the other saying it made more sense as
Natch-eye-TOTT-chez. They stopped at a burger place and went inside
where a fresh-faced girl took their order. One said: "We need somebody
local to settle an argument for us. Could you please pronounce where
we
are... very slowly?"
The girl leaned over the counter so they could watch her lips and
said as distinctly as she could, "Brrrrrr, grrrrrr, Kiiiiiinngg."