  I know I've read something about this before, perhaps on Waddling Thunder's weblog a long while back, but nevertheless -- one of the stops on the DC metro line I take to work is called "Judiciary Square.
" Yet none of the "conductors" (the people who announce the stops) seem at all able to pronounce it properly. And it's never the same twice. Among the variations I've heard: Judishooary Square Judisharary Square J'dasharooney Square Dupont Circle Federal Triangle Pentagon Octagon Actually, come to think of it, the DC metro is pretty well-covered when it comes to stops named after polygons.
The other funny DC metro thing that's happened is that a train got stuck at one of the poorer-named stops, "Foggy Bottom. " Leading to the following announcements: "There's a train lodged in Foggy Bottom. " "We'll be moving shortly, after they get the train unstuck from Foggy Bottom. " "There's a backup in Foggy Bottom. We'll be moving as soon as we can. " "There's a line of trains waiting to get up into Foggy Bottom.
" "We apologize for the odor in Foggy Bottom. That train was stuck there an awful long time. " (Okay, they didn't really say that one.
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