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When I was in the army I had a buddy named Juan who was from ABQ and we always got a kick out of how fast he could do it when we asked him how to spell Albuquerque, no matter how fucked up he was.
He could be passed out cold in his bunk and somebody would holler "Hey Juan, spell Albuquerque for me" and he'd rouse momentarily and rattle it off like a little kid spelling Mississippi, and then he'd immediately start snoring again.
Juan's main accomplishment of his service to his Nation was by the time he was discharged, there were a good 25 or 30 people in the company that could now spell the name of his hometown.
Albacoikey if you spell it like Bugs pronounces it.
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ReplyDeleteWhich Juan are we talking about here?
ReplyDeleteIt is better than 25 people being able to spell 25 pronouns.
ReplyDeleteWe used to pronounce it like that all the time anyway: AlbaQQ.
ReplyDeleteHad a helluva huge mexican Drill Sergeant named Rodriguez working the range in BRM.
ReplyDeleteAfter the first three shots he eyeballed me and asked where I was from, in typical Army way, until I got to my hometown in the UP.
Told me he figured so by my group, and he grew up in the UP also.
Said his parents took a wrong turn in Albuquerque...
I knew a guy who called homos “que-ques” (pronounced kwee-kwees), I’m sure he’d get a laugh out of this one.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of a guy by that name in a book. I think it was in Moby Dick.
DeleteNow that we've all learned how to spell Albuquerque, let's try something a bit harder.
Cincinnati. I have to look up that word every damned time.
Albuquerque-Borne!
ReplyDeleteI bet you can spell it too!
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