Me - "My name will be Christine (sly smile, slight snigger, holding in a laugh) Jolly."
Jim - "Is that how it's pronounced in Madagascar?"
Me - (blank look)
Jim - "(makes snigger noise) Is that how Jolly is pronounced? ... (looks to girlfriend) She is the one marrying a guy from Madagascar, right?"
Everyone - (BWAHAHAHA!!!)
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Heather [echoes everyone]: Bwahahaha!
And here I thought "Jolly" was the GERMAN pronunciation. How wrong I was... :)
It's a fairly large, inhabited island off the coast of a continent...
So, going by elementary geographical description only, I guess he's not too far off.
sure ... and both large continents begin and end with "A"
and there's always those rumors of mail going to Tanzania before ending up here. not the first one to get it wrong ;)
too funny!
There's an urban legend in Hobart (as far as one can use the adjective "urban" to describe Hobart) that tells of a container ship from Germany laden with powdered milk for all the starving children in Tasmania...
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