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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

[nilesfunnies] Why is Menzies pronounced Mingis?


The BBC explains <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4595228.stm>, and
adds this rather fine limerick:

A lively young damsel named Menzies
Inquired: "Do you know what this thenzies?"
Her aunt, with a gasp,
Replied: "It's a wasp,
And you're holding the end where the stenzies."