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I’ve got a question that I doubt anyone will be able to answer:

Who once said—“It might be fun for you and me, but it’s no fun for the beetles”?
 
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I've had lots of practice on Googling stuff. You might be surprised on just how easy that was . Not sure if Firefox has anything to do with it, but
- select text
- right click, choose "search Google for "It might be fun..."
- review the results
In this case, it was first out of 554
 
There is more than one thing that relates to Thunderbirds. Are you referring to the 1960's marionette/puppet show?
 
People of a certain age and probably British, no Googling allowed -
What were the names of the firemen in Trumpton?
 
Nearly
]No - but I'll let someone else have a go before putting you out of your misery...
 
Great clip! Still looking for the correct answer though...
 
I have only ever known of one person by that name (a relative) and that person is a she, not a he. I didn't even make the connection between that and the character you posted about.
 
Its Aloo-isshus in the UK as well

Anyway, when I was still teaching, I had two Google search challenges that kids loved
1. What single word of at least 3 letters gives the maximum number of 'hits'?
2. Can you find a 'Googlewhack'? Two words that give exactly one result.

Of course, the answers to both change over time. Any takers?
 
Hmm, her name is pronounced Aloe wishus. Different again.
 
I think thats the same but difficult to write phonetically
 
Many things are difficult to write phonetically because you don't know for sure how it will be interpreted by others. My intent and understanding of what you and I wrote is that Aloo (as in "too") isn't the same as Aloe (as in ??) - rhymes with 'low'.
It's not a name you hear everyday, is it?
 
Whilst not a common name, I've known others even more unusual. For example, Titus, Licorice and Sextus.
Then there are some fairly unusual surnames where the spelling and pronunciation don't necessarily match.
How should these be pronounced? Featherstonehaugh & Cholmondeley

Anyway, any takers for either of my search challenges?
 
L'll bite , it only because I've actually come across them both before

Featherstonehaugh & Cholmondeley
I believe the more common pronunciation is
Fanshaw & Chumley
 
Regarding pronunciation of Aloysius, ... when my wife and I travel to my family reunion in Alabama, she attends mass at St. Aloysius church in Bessemer. The (Irish) priest pronounces it like Aloe - ish- us with emphasis on "ish." Here in New Orleans there is a St. Aloysius school and they pronounce it the same way. So if Irishmen and Cajuns pronounce it the same way, there has to be a reason.

If you want to see some crazy names, can't beat south Louisiana. Though in these cases some of the pronunciations might be regionalisms. Here are a couple for you:

Yscloscky - the name of a small community down-river from New Orleans. Your first guess is probably going to be wrong.
Ouachita - the name of one of our parishes (counties to everyone else)
Tchopitoulas - the name of one of our streets in the uptown area of the city.
Nachitoches - a small town on USA Interstate 49 between Lafayette, LA and Shreveport, LA. Not to be confused with Nacodoches, TX.

Hint: Three of them are Native American words or proper names that were transliterated by French explorers.

Colin, the #1 item from #22 ought to be "bat" - which will give a lot of "hits." Didn't have to look that one up.
The #2 item is the proper name for a contest or challenge to find some two-word item that returns exactly one response.
 
Minty said:
L'll bite , it only because I've actually come across them both before

Featherstonehaugh & Cholmondeley
I believe the more common pronunciation is
Fanshaw & Chumley
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That is indeed correct. Typical olde English aristocracy!
I suspect that, like me, you first heard those surnames via the dance troupes called the Cholmondeleys and Feathersonehaughs.

So as Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshaw, what is the correct pronunciation for the similarly spelt Featherstonehugh?
 
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