GUAM
n.— «Georgia’s parliament Speaker Nino Burdzhanadze called on lawmakers from Azerbaijan, Moldova and Ukraine—a grouping known by its acronym GUAM—to agree on a joint statement on current tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi which escalated recently after Georgia arrested two Russian officers it accused of spying.» —“Ex-Soviet states refuse to back Georgia on Russia” BakuTODAY.net Oct. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Joan from Augusta, Georgia, says her grandfather used to pronounce the word onions as if they were spelled ernions. The word onion is adapted from the French cognate oignon, and thanks to variations in dialect, geography, and other factors, this...
Penny in Savannah, Georgia, recalls that her father, a Navy veteran who served in the South Pacific, would say of someone who was clueless or didn’t know what he was talking about: That person doesn’t know if he’s punched, bored...