Ausable Chasm

Friday August 7, 2009

Ausable Chasm

I can never remember how to properly say the name of this place. On a straight up American pie reading of the word it should rhyme with “causable”. But, we are fearfully close to the French Canadian border here, and thus it is probably pronounced “Au-sable” as in Au-jus. My mind can’t get around the pronunciation problem, and thus it keeps bringing up the following joke ...

A guy comes into a fast-food joint in Ausable New York and has a similar dilemma to mine. Where am I? So, after he finishes up his burger, he asks the tired looking pimply teenager standing by the fries. “Hey buddy, what how do you pronounce the name of this place?”

The teen answers very slowly ...

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B.u.r.g.e.r K.i.n.g