Telemechanic
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Is anyone a fan of The Sarah Silverman Program?
In the latest episode, entitled "Kangamangus", the common mispronunciation of the somewhat famous White Mountain's Highway Kancamagus is finally given a definition of its own. Its a humerous description of a violent act. When using it in a sentence one of the shows characters states So-and-So, "is going to go kangamangus on his ass".
The premise of the episode is Sarah Silverman, after meeting the creator of the term "boo-yah" decides to create her own word with the hope of becoming notorious. NH native Silverman's efforts to make her creation, "Ozay" fly, plummets while seemingly everyone around her effortlessly and unintentionally make new slang of their own including "dotnose" and "kangamangus"
Clips and a discussion among language enthusiats can be found here http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=885
In the latest episode, entitled "Kangamangus", the common mispronunciation of the somewhat famous White Mountain's Highway Kancamagus is finally given a definition of its own. Its a humerous description of a violent act. When using it in a sentence one of the shows characters states So-and-So, "is going to go kangamangus on his ass".
The premise of the episode is Sarah Silverman, after meeting the creator of the term "boo-yah" decides to create her own word with the hope of becoming notorious. NH native Silverman's efforts to make her creation, "Ozay" fly, plummets while seemingly everyone around her effortlessly and unintentionally make new slang of their own including "dotnose" and "kangamangus"
Clips and a discussion among language enthusiats can be found here http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=885
