# The way Marge Simpson says 'vacation'... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937 "2004-01-25T02:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/21 "2004-01-26T11:30:05Z")
_I certainly enjoyed the lovely FO-liage._ _There’s no **excaping** Lisa, our little walking **Libary**._ . ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/22 "2004-01-26T12:57:01Z")
Vu-ca-tion is the New England pronounciation. Marge Bouvier and her mother Jackie are partly a running gag on the Kennedys (as is Mayor Quimbley). ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/23 "2004-01-26T13:06:47Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Vu-ca-tion is the New England pronounciation. Marge Bouvier and her mother Jackie are partly a running gag on the Kennedys (as is Mayor Quimbley). The “vuh” pronunciation is also common elsewhere. I grew up in New Orleans, and that was the way we say it there. I’m curious as to where **Hail Ants, Marley,** and **Thudlow** are from. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/24 "2004-01-26T13:20:08Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I’m curious as to where **Hail Ants, Marley,** and **Thudlow** are from. [hijack] Why can’t we see where each of us if from anymore? Why no more “Location” info? [/hijack] Back on topic: “It doesn’t take a NUC-yu-lar scientist to pronounce ‘ **foil-age** ’.” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/25 "2004-01-26T16:30:12Z")
Both “vuh-kay-shun” and “vay-kay-shun” are commonly heard in the upper Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/26 "2004-01-26T21:48:36Z")
I say holiday … ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/27 "2004-01-27T00:12:28Z")
I’m from upstate NY (i.e. not NYC) where we call hamburgers _ **"steamed hams"…** _ The reason I asked is that a bunch of Simpsons episodes, both new & syndicated, in which they take a ‘vuh-kay-shun’ have aired recently. I’m kind of a snob when it comes to people not speaking correctly (I laugh when someone says ‘aks’ for ask) so her weird pronunciations really stand out (plus I’ve never heard anyone say it that way). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/28 "2004-01-27T05:50:19Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#): > > I’m from upstate NY (i.e. not NYC) where we call hamburgers _ **"steamed hams"…** _ Well, I’m from Utica and I’ve never heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937/29 "2004-01-27T06:33:19Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Well, I’m from Utica and I’ve never heard that. Oh, not in Utica, no. It’s an Albany expression [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-way-marge-simpson-says-vacation/225937.md?page=1)