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Default Strange names for restaurants

MareCat wrote on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:08:39 -0500:

M> > wrote in message
M> ...
??>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:38:16 -0800,
wrote:
??>>
??>>> There is a Chinese restaurant near me called
??>>> PIERRE'S....SF Peninsula....it tickles me every time I
??>>> drive by. Do you know of any funny/different
??>>> names? Ellie
??>>
??>> A little restaurant that just opened recently in my area
??>> is called Pho Shizzle. Made me wonder if Snoop Dogg had
??>> opened a Vietnamese restaurant. Just had to try it out
??>> and the food was excellent 'fo shizzle'. ;-)

M> Isn't pho pronounced "fuh" though?

M> Still, "fuh shizzle" would still fit Snoop Dogg.

Somebody else told me it should be "foo" but I've never used or
heard anything but "foe".

James Silverton
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