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Is there really such a place called Wally World? I thought that was the name of a place in that Chevy Chase movie. If there is, what is Wally World? I just saw it on a thread and all I can picture in my head is Chevy driving that dump of a car to Wally World. Is it for real?
Ok now I feel like a total idiot! Thanks for the info. I am not a Wal Mart shopper for I don't really like them and it is not convenient for me to go there anyway. So now I can call it Wally World.
Thanks again for setting me straight! I do feel like a real dummy though!
Yep, wally world here too...and Target pronounced as if it was french (tar-jhay')...and mac's steak house or the rainbow room or Ronald's place...(mcdonalds...LOL)...how many others can you come up with? (keep it clean, though!!)
Yep, wally world here too...and Target pronounced as if it was french (tar-jhay')...and mac's steak house or the rainbow room or Ronald's place...(mcdonalds...LOL)...how many others can you come up with? (keep it clean, though!!)
we do the Tar-jhay one too and if you have ever heard of a dept store called
'The Bon Marche`' well we used to call K-Mart .....K-Marche`
and my DH sometimes calld McDonalds...McDisney
In Canada, we have a chain of stores called Canadian Tire.....we call them Crappy Tire. Also have a donut chain (best ever!!!) called Tim Horton's. It's referrred to as Tim Hole.
Yep, wally world here too...and Target pronounced as if it was french (tar-jhay')...and mac's steak house or the rainbow room or Ronald's place...(mcdonalds...LOL)...how many others can you come up with? (keep it clean, though!!)
K...how about Mickey D's for McDonalds; BK lounge for Burger King? We also pronounce Target as "tar-jhay). This is fun!! Any more out there???
My husband's late uncle opened a mini-golf/amusement center on the island of Kauai which he called Wally World (his name was Walter). Wally World, however, was destroyed by a hurricane and never rebuilt.
In Canada, we have a chain of stores called Canadian Tire.....we call them Crappy Tire. Also have a donut chain (best ever!!!) called Tim Horton's. It's referrred to as Tim Hole.
Canadians are weird, what can I say??
My mom calls Canadian Tire that too . . .
I once worked for Tim Hortons -- aren't you proud of me Jen???
My mother used to call St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store - Vinny's boutique. And the day old bread store she called the 'used' bread store. LOL. I have a friend who always calls Kmart - K Market. And an out of towner once called our ShopKo (pronounced shop-koe) as Shop kay oh. hee hee.
Ever see the movie, Fargo? Well, the dealership they filmed was Wally McCarthy s Lindahl Olds (its since been torn down and part of the Best Buy headquarters campus in Richfield, MN). It was rather circus-ish looking and not the most well liked dealership and known for years as Wally World.
My mother lives a mile from there and when we drove back to Minnesota with our girls the first time, we quoted the National Lampoon Vacation movie, fake crying and all and sang the Wally World sign when we passed by (we knew we had made it!).
Ok I need to add a couple more. My dad has always referred to McDonald's as "Wimpee's" I think because in Chicago when he was a boy, there was a burger place with that name (?) Also, my senior year of college I lived in a house with 11 girls, one bathroom, 2 working burners etc. rather a dump and the girls named it IHOP for International House of Passion. So whenever I see an IHOP I always remember the sign at that house. Bad, I know but fun all the same.
I love the name for KMart...Came-a-part! Made me giggle! What else is out there?
I don't know if this is the same thing or not, but I sell Longaberger baskets/pottery and here are the many ways I've heard customers "say" or "mis-say" Longaberger:
Long-a-necker
Log-ger-berger
and my all time favorite from a customer's husband - 'Berg-a-Longer"
I don't know if this is the same thing or not, but I sell Longaberger baskets/pottery and here are the many ways I've heard customers "say" or "mis-say" Longaberger:
Long-a-necker
Log-ger-berger
and my all time favorite from a customer's husband - 'Berg-a-Longer"
BTW, I meant to say, I think that husband must have dyslexia or something.
What about DQ for Dairy Queen??? My son figured that one out right after BK for Burger King.... those little ones are too smart.
Here' another one: We call Home depot "the Zoo"... don't go to the Zoo on Weekends, they let the animals out... LOL
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