Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 05, 2015

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    Ironic Eggbeater  over 9 years ago

    He’s a poet, but he don’t know it.

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    HeckleMeElmo  over 9 years ago

    If she’d paid for it he would have fleeced her.

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    DangerBunny  over 9 years ago

    Pastis alert!

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    TheSkulker  over 9 years ago

    As I was told by a native North Carolinian, there are two ways to pronounce Leicester – depending on where one is from or emigrated to. In colonial times, you learned under pain of death to pronounce it right for the region you were in.

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    Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Does he REALLY pronounce ‘Leicester’ to rhyme with ‘Easter’?Is that usual in the US?

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    bruinsfan77  over 9 years ago

    Leicester, Massachusetts is pronounced LESTER.

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    Sportymonk  over 9 years ago

    Holyoke = City in Massachusetts

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    Fido (aka Felix Rex)  over 9 years ago

    “Mr. Mallet, I have Mr. Pastis’ lawyer on line two.”

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    Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Correct. The geometry is correct for Massachusetts, but the town pronunciation does not fit the rhyming scheme; it’s “lester”, as is that of the Leicester in England it was named after. (not always the case here in MA. That last bit was a surprise to me just now.)

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    Elmer Gantry Fudd  over 9 years ago

    It’s really a tragedy when someone constructs a joke to demonstrate how awesomely smart they are, but screws up the pronunciation.

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    rekam Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Friend in England called “Beaulieu” “Bewley” when we were there. Guess that’s how it’s pronounced over there.

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    tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Happy Easter

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    K M  over 9 years ago

    @richardelguruOf all the areas in the US that are named Leicester, most pronounce it LESS-ter; in Vermont it’s LIE-ster. I haven’t found anywhere in the US it’s pronounced LEE-ster. Happy Easter!

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    FrankTAW  about 1 year ago

    I love the looks on the faces of the other kids in the class. Like “why are you wasting our time again?”

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