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Brent Sleeper

I’d be willing to bet a Norton I ten-dollar note that Sam also doesn’t know how to pronounce it.

Screenshot of the New York Times’ “Spelling Bee” word puzzle published September 25, 2023. The puzzle features the letters “(O) E G H N T U.” The player has entered the word “Gough,” but it was rejected with the message “Not in word list.”
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Brent Sleeper

It’s pronounced “Goof,” and residents of the street are affectionately called “Goofies” by the City’s old-timers.

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And we called ’s Imperial money “Noonies.” You sometimes still hear people say things like, “I needed to give that Goofy a Noony. So I decided to take the trolley to Morganville, which is what they called the Mission in those days. Now, to take the Municipal Railway cost a nickel…” and so on.

Mage of a ten dollar promissory note issued by the Imperial Government of Norton I in 1879.
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