Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 05, 2015
Transcript:
Caulfield: This time of year...Could an atlantic coastal vortex produce strong winds halfway to holyoke? Mrs. Olsen: What? Caulfield: Could an easter nor'easter reach at least to leicester? Frazz: Mrs. Olsen complained of a pain in her keister. Caulfield: Someone must have teased her.
Ironic Eggbeater over 9 years ago
He’s a poet, but he don’t know it.
HeckleMeElmo over 9 years ago
If she’d paid for it he would have fleeced her.
DangerBunny over 9 years ago
Pastis alert!
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.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 9 years ago
Does he REALLY pronounce ‘Leicester’ to rhyme with ‘Easter’?Is that usual in the US?
bruinsfan77 over 9 years ago
Leicester, Massachusetts is pronounced LESTER.
Sportymonk over 9 years ago
Holyoke = City in Massachusetts
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 9 years ago
“Mr. Mallet, I have Mr. Pastis’ lawyer on line two.”
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.)
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.
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.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago
Happy Easter
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!
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?”