A man and his wife were driving their Recreational Vehicle across the country and were nearing a town spelled Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure how to pronounce it – KISS-a-me; kis-A-me; kis-a-ME. They grew more perplexed as they drove into the town.
Since they were hungry, they pulled into a place to get something to eat. At the counter, the man said to the waitress: “My wife and I can’t seem to be able to figure out how to pronounce this place. Will you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand.”
The waitress looked at him and said: “Buuurrrgerrr Kiiiinnnng.”
I heard the same one about two blondes and they were in Natchitoches (which is correctly pronounced NAK-a-tish) Louisiana (not to be confused with Nacadoges TX or Natchez, MS). It struck me very funny at the time since I have a lot of family who lived in Natchitoches for years. A note of added trivia – Natchitoches is where the movie “Steel Magnolias” was filmed.
Kiss SIM Me.
Kis SIM mee